Reicha, Antoine or Anton
(1770–1836)> COMPOSER
Reicha, Antoine or Anton (27 February 1770, Prague; 28 May, 1836, Paris), composer, was the nephew and pupil of Joseph Reicha , cellist and leader of the orchestra at Bonn. After he left the latter city, young Reicha went to Hamburg in 1794 to give lessons on the piano, and he wrote his first French opera here entitled Godefroid de Montfort . A French friend, M. de Fombrune , advised him to take his script to Paris, and the composer saved his money to be able to make the trip to the French…