Anton Reicha

Anton Reicha, born Antonín Josef Rejcha in 1770, was a composer, writer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He studied under Josef Reicha, Antonio Salieri, and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and was educated at the University of Bonn. Reicha worked as a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and was employed by the Conservatoire de Paris. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Bohemia and France and spoke French and Czech.

His notable works include *Notes sur Antoine-Joseph Reicha*, *Cours de composition musicale*, *Trattato della melodia*, *Corso di composizione musicale*, and *Sinfonica for Four Flutes, Op. 12*. Reicha composed in the genres of opera and symphony and worked within the field of fugue. He was a teacher to Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Napoléon Henri Reber, and Narcisse Girard.

Reicha received the Legion of Honour. He died in Paris on May 28, 1836, and is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. His works are described in sources such as the *Nordisk familjebok* and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.