Gottfried Reiche
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1667
- Died
- 1734
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Baroque suite, from 24 new quartets, 1696
- Rococo fugue
- Sonata chromatica
- Sonata no. 1
- Sonata no. 15 from Vierundzwanzig neue Quatricinia
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1667-02-05
- Active to
- 1734-10-06
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- Listeners
- 251
- Total plays
- 2,457
Gottfried Reiche (5 February 1667 – 6 October 1734) was a German trumpet player and composer of the Baroque era. He is best known for having been Johann Sebastian Bach's chief trumpeter at Leipzig from Bach's arrival there in 1723 until Reiche's death. Reiche was steeped in trumpet playing from an early age – he was born in the town of Weissenfels, which had a long tradition of trumpet music at its court. He went to Leipzig in 1688, eventually succeeding trumpeter Johann C. Genzmer there as Sen
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gottfried
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Place of birth
- Weißenfels
- Place of death
- Leipzig
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Image
- Gottfried reiche 001.jpg
- Work location
- Leipzig
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- Commons category
- Gottfried Reiche
- date of birth
- 1667-02-05
- date of death
- 1734-10-06
- pronunciation
- [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈʁaɪçə]
- name in native language
- Gottfried Reiche
- birth name
- Johann Gottfried Reiche
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