Composers

August Gottfried Ritter

Organ
Piano
Sonata
Capriccio
Method
Theory
For beginners
Étude
Variation
Music history
Writings
Piece
by popularity
Capriccio, Op.17Kunst des OrgelspielsOrgan Sonata No.1, Op.11Organ Sonata No.2, Op.19Organ Sonata No.3, Op.23Piano Sonata No.2, Op.21Piano Sonata, Op.20Poesien, Op.25Variationen für die OrgelZur Geschichte des Orgelspiels
Wikipedia
August Gottfried Ritter (25 August 1811 – 26 August 1885) was a German romantic composer and organist.
Co-creator, together with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, of the first example of Romantic Organ Sonata (the first one was composed in 1845); he moved in 1847 from being organist in Merseburg cathedral to become organist in Magdeburg Cathedral. In his critical writings, Ritter condemned the Renaissance organ composers referred to as the "Colorists" for overindulging in ornamentation.