Christian Ritter

Christian Ritter (* probably 1645-1650; † probably after 1725; precise dates unknown ) was a composer and organist of the North German organ school.

Life

Maybe Christian knight was a student of Christoph Bernhard in Dresden. A note on one of his works called him in 1666 as a chamber organist in Halle. Files default, this position is indicated only from 1672; In 1677 he became court organist. By no later than 1680, he was in Sweden, where he wrote the funeral music for Count Johann Adolf Rehnskiöld in October. From March 1681 he is mentioned in a statement of the Stockholm court, a year later as Vice-Kapellmeister. 1683 Knight returned back to Dresden and was Christoph Bernhard Vice-Kapellmeister and chamber organist. 1688 he is again detectable as Kapellmeister in Stockholm, where he remained until 1699. Among the godparents Andreas Hindrich novel, a brother of the Swedish composer and musician Johan Helmich Roman, he is on July 26, 1696 as "Vice Capellmest " mentioned. According to the information on a vocal work Ritter 1704 held on Hamburg. In 1717 he described himself in a letter to Johann Mattheson as " Emeritus, of his own at the Royal. Churchill and Fürstl. Yards ... done over the 30 years in re musica " have.

Work

By Christian knight next to over 20 sacred vocal works a few organ and piano works have survived. Among his sacred works, particularly the cantata O amantissime sponse of Jesus (O beloved Bridegroom Jesus ) for soprano and five string voices is known. Most surviving works are in the Dübensammlung, a small part can be found in Germany, possibly originating from his stay in Dresden and Halle.

Several musicologists, including Hans Joachim Moser and Richard book Mayer, who ran the first major research on knights, knight compositions Write an exceptionally high quality.