Neues Choralbuch für das Großherzogthum Hessen - Rinck, Christian Heinrich 1770-1846 (Offenbach am Main André, 1814)
organ accompaniment for a collection of 138 chorales
Rinck comes from a family of teachers. From 1786, he received organ and composition lessons from a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Johann Christian Kittel (1732-1809) in Erfurt. In 1805 he moved to Darmstadt and become cantor and organist at the city church. Later he was employed as court organist and chamber musician of Grand Duke Louis I of Hesse-Darmstadt. Rinck was known early on as an excellent organist and was much in demand as an expert.His organ compositions were highly appreciated and his "Praktische Orgelschule", op. 55 was a leading method in Germany until the 20th century. Rinck made an important contribution to the renewal and improvement of Protestant organ music at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Chorale; Religion; Darmstadt (Germany)