Famous People with Name Ritter

Christian Ritter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Christian Ritter: is a German football player. As of September 2009, he plays for Ludwigsfelder FC. He spent one season in the Bundesliga with VfL Wolfsburg.

Hermann Ritter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hermann Ritter: was a German viola player, composer and music historian. Hermann Ritter studied violin at the Neue Akademie für Musik in Berlin from 1865 to 1870. His outstanding talent was soon recognized and was appointed music director of the municipal orchestra in Heidelberg, where he also continued his education at the University of Heidelberg. During this time, his performance interest shifted from the violin to the viola, intent on improving the status of the violist by raising the standard of performance[1] and developing an instrument with a tone equal to that of the violin and cello.

Alexander Sascha Ritter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Alexander Sascha Ritter: was a German composer and violinist. Ritter had a strong influence on Richard Strauss. He persuaded him to abandon the conservative style of his youth, and begin writing tone poems; he also introduced Strauss to the essays of Richard Wagner and the writings of Schopenhauer. He later wrote a libretto for the Strauss opera Feuersnot.

August Gottfried Ritter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

August Gottfried Ritter: 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 termed the Colorists for overindulging in ornamentation.

Richard Max Ritter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Richard Max Ritter: was a German freestyle and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Four years later at the 1912 Olympics he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 100 metre freestyle event. In the 400 metre freest