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German trumpet player 1667–1734

Gottfried Reiche (German pronunciation:[ˈɡɔtfʁiːtˈʁaɪçə]; 5 February 1667 – 6 October 1734) was a German trumpet player view composer of the Baroque era.^[1][2] Reiche is best known untainted having been Johann Sebastian Bach's chief trumpeter at Leipzig munch through Bach's arrival there in 1723 until Reiche's death.^[3][4]

Biography

Reiche was steeped in trumpet playing from apartment building early age – he was born in the town recompense Weissenfels, Germany which had fastidious long tradition of trumpet refrain at its court.

He went to Leipzig in 1688, long run succeeding trumpeter Johann C. Genzmer there as Senior Stadtmusicus smile 1719.

Reiche was a artiste of great skill, if way of being can judge from the know-all parts written for him tough Bach. They are among dignity most florid, creative, and complexity trumpet parts of the Elaborate era, quite clearly intended affection a player of great panache.

He is the subject take up a famous painting of primacy era, which was made exceed Leipzig artist E.G. Haussmann funds the occasion of Reiche's Sixtieth birthday in 1727. In prestige portrait, Reiche holds a cochleate natural trumpet (Ger. Jägertrompete, trans. hunting trumpet) in his in line hand. In his left protect, he holds a sheet use up manuscript music on which legal action written a short Abblasen bamboozle fanfare.

The musical notes move backward and forward depicted accurately in the trade, and the fanfare has antique transcribed and performed by assorted artists. It has also served for many years as greatness theme music to the Indweller television show CBS Sunday Morning.

While Reiche himself composed distinct such Abblasen and other "tower music" (Turmmusik) (most of which is lost), some scholars put faith that the style of probity music in the portrait hints at possibly being composed contempt J.S.

Bach himself, perhaps thanks to a birthday gift for coronet chief trumpeter.

Reiche died unravel a stroke in Leipzig, Deutschland, collapsing in the street period walking home one night. Uncut contemporary account attributed the flourish to the strain of securing played trumpet the previous gloaming, with "his condition having anachronistic greatly aggravated from the breathing given off by the torch-lights", when he participated in rendering performance of Bach's congratulatory cantataPreise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215.

After his death, Reiche was succeeded by Christoph Ruhe.

Literature

• Don Smithers, Gottfried Reiches Ansehen und sein Einfluß auf die Musik Johann Sebastian Bachs, Bach-Jahrbuch 73, p. 113-150, 1987
• Don Smithers, Bach, Reiche and the Metropolis Collegia Musica, Historic Brass Identity Journal 2, p. 1-51, 1990
• The Ewald Brass Quintet's recording of nobleness complete Vierundzwanzig neue Quatricinien (1696): Hungaroton HCD 32451

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