What is Anton Reicha?
[[Image:Reicha.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Portrait of Anton Reicha made in 1815 by M.F. Dien]] '''Anton Reicha''' (born 26 February 1770; died 28 May 1836) was a [[Czech Republic|Czech]]-born [[composer]] who became [[Naturalization|naturalized]] [[France|French]]. He was a lifelong friend of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]. Reicha is now best remembered for the large number of [[quintet]]s that he wrote for [[wind instrument]]s, and for his work as a music teacher. [[Franz Liszt]] and [[Hector Berlioz]] were both pupils of Reicha. Reicha wrote several books about [[music theory]] and [[Composition (music)|composition]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Reicha, Anton}} [[Category:Classical era composers]] [[Category:Romantic composers]] [[Category:Music theorists]] [[Category:Czech composers]] [[Category:1770 births]] [[Category:1836 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}