Richter, Franz Xaver

Franz Xaver Richter. Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789) was a Holy Roman Empire composer. Born 1 December 1709 in Holešov; died 12 September 1789 in Strasbourg. 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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