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Carl Gottlieb Reißiger
31.01.1798 Born in Belzig, second son of Christian Gottlieb Reißiger, the cantor
ab 1811 member of the famous Thomaner Choir at Leipzig
1818 Start of Theological Studies
1818-1821 Musical Studies at Leipzig
1821-1823 Musical Studies at Vienna (Salieri).
First opera "Das Rockenweibchen". Musical Studies at Munich
1824 / 25 travelling in France and Italy onbehalf of the Prussian
ministery of Cultural affairs
1824 first performance of his Opera Dido at Leipzig directed by
C.M. v.Weber
1826 Musical director of the Dresdner Opera
1827 Composition of the "Missa solemnis" at his appointment as
Hofkapellmeister at the Dresden court
1828 Successor of C.M. v.Weber as Hofkapellmeister
Marriage with Marie Stobwasser
1830 First performance of the opera "Die Felsenmühle" proving
a great success
1837 / 38 Composition and first performance of the "Requiem in D minor
1842-1849

Collaboration with Richard Wagner
1851 Appointment as Primary Hofkapellmeister
Composition of the oratorium "David"
1852 First performance of the oratorium "David"
07.11.1859 Dead after lengthy illness
das Reißigerhaus in Belzig

House of birth of Carl Gottlieb Reißiger,

the "Reißigerhaus" at Belzig
As an artist Reißiger was very productive. Among many other pieces of music he composed eight operas and 300 choral

Although Reißiger was well known in his life time, his work was forgotten after his death. That is expecially the case for his church music, among them his magnificent Oratorium "David" . As Hofkappellmeister at Dresden, Reißiger´s contract only allowed him to perform his work at the Dresden Hofkappelle and nowhere else. As a consequence his work was never printed and distributed. Only recently, Thea Labes succeeded in editing a first print of "David". Other parts of his work are still waiting to be edited and published.

Reference: Carl Gottlieb Reißiger. Sein Leben nebst einigen Beiträgen zur Geschichte des Konzertwesens in Dresden von Kurt Kreiser. Dissertation 1918

Carl Freiherr von Ledebur: Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin´s - von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart - Berlin 1861 - Verlag von Ludwig Rauh.