Christian Heinrich Rinck

Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck ( born February 18, 1770 in Elgersburg in Ilmenau (Thuringia ); † August 7, 1846 in Darmstadt ) was a German composer of the Romantic period.

Vita

Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck comes from a Thuringian family of teachers. From 1784 to 1786 he lived in Gera mountain in the home of today's Thermometer Museum and afterwards became a pupil of Johann Christian Kittel, who was still a student of Johann Sebastian Bach. Rinck gave up further studies and argued instead in 1790 to a low at first salaried job as city organist in Giessen. In 1803 he became music director there to the University. Rinck was in casting cut off from the German musical life (see his autobiography) and tried Consequently, even before the turn of the century, to leave casting. 1805 was the consequence of a reputation and thus the move to Darmstadt; there he was cantor and organist of the parish church, later court organist and chamber musician of Grand Duke Ludwig I. In addition, Rinck worked as a music teacher at Paedagogium, the future Louis George's School, and as an influential music critic.

Christian Heinrich Rinck was early on as one of the best organists of his time, was consulted as an organ expert and undertook multiple concert tours. Significant reputation reached Rinck as a composer of organ music, especially as author of this up to the inflation in 1923 ( the economic end of Rinck Foundation) strongly worldwide popular six-volume Practical Organ School, Op 55 The Schott -Verlag made ​​his own to Rinck's popularity by him responsible for the production of the first piano score by Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. In 1840 he was appointed an honorary doctorate from the University of Giessen. His students included among others Adolf Friedrich Hesse.

As a contemporary of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, Christian Heinrich Rinck a prolific composer, the elements of baroque polyphony, Classical and early Romantic united in his personal style. Among his 129 provided with opus numbers works outweigh the organ works. Especially with the organ music and his organ textbooks applies Rinck as an outstanding personality of church music history of the 19th century. Rinck was world famous far beyond his death. His fame faded only by the Bach renaissance of the 1920s, which classified the 19th century as "dark" and compared to the baroque church music as inferior. Only since about two decades - during the re-employment with the church music of the 19th century - also the work of Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck its former importance is classified justice to increasingly higher again and. For the revival of his work, the Christian Heinrich Rinck Society Darmstadt uses eV. Important publishers for Rincksche works in the presence of the publishers Dohr in Cologne and the Musica Edition Rinata in Berlin.

Compositions

Rinck received in 1833 the opportunity to compose and shall print his autobiography. The autobiography Rinck contains a penned by himself working directory, also some notes on additional, unpublished works. Rinck divides his work into three categories: (I) Organ Works; (II ) piano and chamber music; (III ) vocal works. Through its appeal to Darmstadt win the organ works against the piano and chamber music works that Rinck even dismisses as " music for my students ," important. Only with the emergence of the Catholic Cecilianism begins a friend of Hans Georg Naegeli Rinck to devote more attention to even the composition of vocal music, above all, the sacred choral music.

Among the organ works his organ schools ( Practical Organ School, Op 55) and be in the Schott publishing house published with six vintages and two supplements Choral friend, took into account an anthology of all common in German lands Protestant chorale melodies as appearing Subscription collection of choral arrangements, the regional melodic inflections outstanding significance attained. Rinck, acting in Bach's spirit, can be regarded as the one here quite who has formatted the Protestant church 's musical life of the 19th century.

Works

  • Piano Works XXX two-part exercises in all keys (30 Exercices dans tous les deux parties tons), Op 67 Verlag Dohr
  • New edition of the Piano Variations, crit rev. Revision. Issue 1: Enjoy life, Op 39; The bird op 61; Brothers rest yourselves in circles op 44; Issue 2: Taking their warriors, and thence depart, Op 51; At Steffen talking in his sleep, Op 62; Issue 3: Andante con VARIATIONS o.op. (1798 ) for piano or clavichord. Verlag Dohr
  • Deux pour Piano Sonatas = Forte à quatre mains op 50 in F major and B flat major, Op 86 ( " d'une difficulté progressive" ). Verlag Dohr
  • Six Menuets et Trio pour piano à quatre mains Opus 13 Publisher Dohr
  • Douze Menuets et Trios Op 79 ( Pian. 4hd. ) Publisher Dohr
  • Sonatas Trois à quatre mains op 26 Verlag Dohr
  • Trois divertissements ( d'une difficulté progressive ), Op 36 ( Pian. 4hd. ) Publisher Dohr
  • Trois Divertissement à quatre mains d'une difficulté progressive op 41 Verlag Dohr
  • Variations op 102: Five Variations on the cavatina " After so much suffering" by Rossini, Op 102.1; Five Variations on the folksong ( 4hd Pian.. ) " It can not always remain so " op Verlag Dohr 102.2
  • Chamber Music Piano Trio in E flat major o.op. (1803 ) for violin, cello and piano. Verlag Dohr
  • Three Piano Trios Op 32 (1812 ) for violin, cello ( " ad libitum " ) and piano. Verlag Dohr
  • Three Piano Trios Op 34 (1834 ) for violin, cello ( " obligés " ) and piano. Verlag Dohr
  • Sonata in G Major for Flute and Piano (after the " Flute Concerto " for organ, Op 55, Volume 5 No. 8), arranged by Oliver Drechsel. Verlag Dohr
  • Sonata très facile for Violin and Piano ( Harpsichord) No. 1 in B - flat major. Verlag Dohr
  • Sonata très facile for Violin and Piano ( Harpsichord) No. 2 in G major. Verlag Dohr
  • Three Sestetti ( first edition ). Verlag Dohr
  • Organ Works Selected Organ Works ( Reprint), ed. by Jens- Michael Thies: Douze Preludes pour l' orgue Op 25; Twelve Organ Pieces, Op 29; Three sequels for the Organ, Op 78; Nine Variations and Finale, Op 90; 15 easy fugal aftermath op 114 Dohr Publisher
  • Practical Organ School, Op 55 (6 vols, ed. W. Volckmar ) Publisher Dohr ( Reprint)
  • Small and lightweight Organ Pieces, Op 1 Berlin Chormusik-Verlag/Edition Musica Rinata
  • Twelve short and easy Organ Pieces, Op 2 Edition Musica Rinata
  • Collection of preludes and sequels componirt for the use in the public services and edited by Dr. CH Rinck, Grand Ducal Hessian court organist to Darmstadt. Opus: 129 Fifth Edition. Darmstadt. Publishing and property of Johann Philipp Diehl. ( The 4th edition is published in 1871 )
  • Vocal works Six Sacred Songs for voice and organ (or piano), Op 81 Verlag Dohr
  • Mass / Missa Op 91 (Latin and German text ) for choir, soloists (ad libitum) and organ. Edition Musica Rinata and Publishing Dohr
  • Lord, I remain always up to you Psalm 73 motet for four voices (choir and solos ) with obbligato organ accompaniment, Op 127 Edition Musica Rinata and Publishing Dohr
  • Prayer for the dead op 71 motet for four voices ( choral and solo ) and obbligato organ accompaniment. Verlag Dohr
  • Charfreytags cantata for soloists, choir and organ op 76 Verlag Dohr
  • Commit to the Lord thy ways, Op 85 motet for soloists, choir and organ. Edition Musica Rinata and Publishing Dohr
  • Bless the Lord, O my soul. Motet for four voices (choir and soloists ) and obbligato organ accompaniment, Op 88 Edition Musica Rinata and Publishing Dohr
  • God be gracious to us and bless us! Motet for soloists, chorus and organ, Op 109 Verlag Dohr
  • Hallelujah by Pfeffel op 63 motet for soprano, alto, tenor and bass with piano accompaniment. Verlag Dohr
  • The Lord's Prayer for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and obbligato organ Edition Musica Rinata and Publishing Dohr
  • Christmas Cantata, Op 73 Edition Musica Rinata
  • God cares for us, Op 98 Cantata for choir and organ. Edition Musica Rinata

Style

Rinck was Stilpluralist. He combined the influences of baroque counterpoint with the new sound notions of classicism and romanticism. Especially in his piano music, there are also clear echoes of the musical Biedermeier. In his Practical Organ School op 55 should the plurality of styles despite Rinck's sole authorship ensure the widest possible education. By publishing numerous organ compositions (about 1,000 individual pieces, always compiled by Rinck in collections for publication ), he made ​​an important contribution to the renewal and improvement of the Protestant organ music at the beginning of the 19th century.

Reception

Far beyond his death remained Rinck famous. For this purpose, inter alia, provided the work of the Rinck Foundation, op 55 campaigned especially for the dissemination of Practical Organ School. Due to the destruction of capital in the wake of inflation had received the Rinck Foundation.

For the revival of his work the Christian Heinrich Rinck Society Darmstadt consists eV since 1996 in cooperation with the publishing house Dohr Cologne. A major impetus in this respect was the award of the Rinck festival Cologne 2003, by awarding the German Music Publishers' Association Special Prize of the German Music Best Edition Award 2004 for exceptional editorial services to the publisher Dohr. 2006 found Rinck -day place in Darmstadt.

Rinck Collection

Rinck's library, which included 473 songs, mostly handwritten scores by other composers and some pieces of the Bach family, was auctioned in 1853. Lowell Mason, an American collector who acquired it at the time. After his death the Rinck Collection came as part of Mason's scores over 1000 comprehensive collection at Yale University, where she is today.

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