Ritter, Aleksandr
(1833–1896)
Ritter, Aleksandr (Sascha) (6–7–1833, Narva, Estonia; 4–12–1896, Munich). Comp. and violinist. In 1841 moved with his family to Dresden, where he studied the violin. Also received lessons from F. David at the Leipzig Cons. (1849–51) and was for many years associated with von Bülow, Liszt, and Wagner, whose niece, Franziska, Ritter married in 1854. Later settled in Meiningen, where he became acquainted with R. Strauss and encouraged the latter to write sym. poems. Ritter's poem “Death and…