Peter Ritter
Johann Peter Ritter (2 July 1763 - 1 August 1846) was a German composer, conductor, chorus master, and cellist born and died in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany). He is best known in the United States for "Sun of My Soul" and "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name." Peter Ritter was son of the oboist Georg Wilhelm Ritter and the nephew of the bassoonist Georg Wenzel Ritter. He was a student of Abbé Vogler, who also taught Giacomo Meyerbeer and Carl Maria von Weber. He played cello in the orchestra of the Mannheim National Theatre beginning in 1786 and became one of its concertmasters in 1801. From 1803 to 1823 he worked as its conductor. His successor was the Antonio Salieri student, Michael Frey. In addition to more than 20 stage works, including Die lustige Weiber, one of the earliest known operas after William Shakespeare and one of ten operatic adaptations of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Ritter also composed church music and various instrumental works. His brother, Heinrich Ludwig Ritter, became known as a violinist, his, son Karl August Ritter, was a singer. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 891 | 7-in. | June 1897-Oct. 1898 | Sun of my soul | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-931 | 10-in. | 1/18/1904 | Sun of my soul | Richard Jose | Counter-tenor vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | B-3143 | 10-in. | 2/23/1906 | Sun of my soul | Richard Jose | Counter-tenor vocal solo, with string quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-13776 | 10-in. | 9/15/1913 | Sun of my soul | Helen Clark | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22188 | 10-in. | 7/30/1918 | Sun of my soul | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-29148 | 10-in. | 12/20/1923 | Grosser Gott, wir loben dich | Manhattan Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33790 | 10-in. | 11/16/1925 | Holy God we praise thy name | Lawrence Bracken | Male vocal solo, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-62460 | 10-in. | 5/28/1930 | Sun of my soul | Marion Talley | Female vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-67533 | 10-in. | 4/10/1931 | Sun of my soul | St. Bartholomew’s Choir ; David McK. Williams | Mixed vocal chorus, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-2809 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | Sun of my soul | Dick Leibert | Organ solo | composer | |
Columbia | 19593 | 10-in. | 10/7/1911 | Sun of my soul | Frank Croxton ; Harry McClaskey | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46734 | 10-in. | 4/21/1916 | Holy God, we praise thy name | Columbia Mixed Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-70699 | 10-in. | June 1922 | Sun of my soul | Elliott Shaw | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ritter, Peter," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112641.
Ritter, Peter. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112641.
"Ritter, Peter." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.
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