Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck

See also: Johannes Ringk

Tombstone of Rinck in Elgersburg

Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (18 February 1770 – 23 July 1846) was a German composer and organist of the late classical and early romantic eras.

Rinck was born in Elgersburg, Thuringia, and died in Darmstadt, aged 76.

He studied with Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809), (a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach), and eventually became Kantor at the music school in Darmstadt, where he was also a court organist from 1813. He composed prolifically, and an organ primer of his enjoyed wide popularity.

Among his works is a set of Variations on ‘Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman’, Opus 90, published by Simrock in 1828. It is based on a tune made familiar by Mozart (K265) (and generally associated with the words Twinkle Twinkle Little Star).

External links

Biographies

• Biography from Naxos.com
• Another biography

Sound Files

• MP3 of Praeludium in c minor
• MP3 of Flute Concerto

Music scores

• Free scores by Christian Heinrich Rinck in the International Music Score Library Project
• Free scores by Christian Heinrich Rinck in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Free scores by Christian Heinrich Rinck in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)