Franz Xaver Richter, known as François Xavier Richter in France was an Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician who spent most of his life first in Austria and later in Mannheim and in Strasbourg, where he was music director of the cathedral.
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Engraving of Richter by Christophe Guérin, 1785
Holešov (modern view)
Fürststift Kempten (Modern view)
Mannheim (1755)
Strasbourg street sign "Rue François Xavier Richter" (2010)
Strasbourg (ca. 1644)
Marie Antoinette (1769)
Strasbourg's Palais Rohan where Marie Antoinette stayed and where Richter conducted the Tafelmusik (Modern view)Listen
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Franz Xaver Richter, known as François Xavier Richter in France was an Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician who spent most of his life first in Austria and later in Mannheim and in Strasbourg, where he was music director of the cathedral. From 1783 on, Haydn's favourite pupil, Ignaz Pleyel, was his deputy director.
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