14 Facts About Carl Reinecke

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era.

Carl Reinecke received all his musical instruction from his father, Rudolf Reinecke, a music teacher and writer on musical subjects.

Carl Reinecke first devoted himself to violin-playing, but later on turned his attention to the piano.

Carl Reinecke began to compose at the age of seven, and his first public appearance as a pianist was when he was twelve years old.

In 1846, Carl Reinecke was appointed Court Pianist for Christian VIII in Copenhagen.

In 1851, Carl Reinecke became a professor at the Cologne Conservatory.

In 1860, Carl Reinecke was appointed director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and professor of composition and piano at the Leipzig Conservatory.

Carl Reinecke led the orchestra for more than three decades, until 1895.

Carl Reinecke conducted premieres such as the full seven-movement version of Brahms's A German Requiem.

Carl Reinecke is best known for his flute sonata "Undine", but he is remembered as one of the most influential and versatile musicians of his time.

Carl Reinecke served as a teacher for 35 years, until his retirement in 1902.

Carl Reinecke wrote several operas including Konig Manfred.

Carl Reinecke's piano playing belonged to a school in which grace and neatness were characteristic, and at one time he was probably unrivaled as a Mozart player and an accompanist.

Carl Reinecke subsequently made a further 14 for the Aeolian Company's "Autograph Metrostyle" piano roll visual marking system and an additional 20 for the Hupfeld DEA reproducing piano roll system.