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Hermann Ritter

Hermann Ritter (16 September 1849 in Wismar – 25 January 1926 in Würzburg) was a German viola player, composer and music historian. Biography Hermann Ritter studied violin at the Neue Akademie für

Hermann Ritter (16 September 1849 in Wismar – 25 January 1926 in Würzburg) was a German viola player, composer and music historian. Biography Hermann Ritter studied violin at the Neue Akademie für Musik in Berlin from 1865 to 1870. His outstanding talent was soon recognized, and he was appointed music director of the municipal orchestra in Heidelberg, where he also continued his education at the University of Heidelberg. During this time, his interest in performance shifted from the violin to the viola, with the intention of improving the status of the violist by raising the standard of performance and developing an instrument with a tone equal to that of the violin and cello. Besides musical compositions and transcriptions, Ritter is credited with writing many books and essays including several volumes on the music history of Europe. Selected works Original compositions ;Stage * Ein kritischer Tag, Familienscene in 1 act (1894) * Durch Nacht zum Licht!, Schauspiel in 4 acts (1895) * Ein Stein des Anstoßes, Abenteuer in 1 act (1895) * Im Alpenglühen, Gebirgsstück mit Gesang und Tanz in 1 act (1903) ;Vocal * Altschottische Volksweisen mit Beibehaltung der Originalmelodien for voice

Era
Romantic
Lived
1849–1926
From
Germany
Born in
Wismar · died Würzburg
Known as
composer, music historian, violinist, musical instrument maker, music teacher, writer
Instruments
viola

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.