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Marga Richter was born on 21 October, 1926, is an American classical composer (1926–2020). Discover Marga Richter's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?
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Marga Richter Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Marga Richter worth at the age of 93 years old? Marga Richter’s income source is mostly from being a successful composer. She is from . We have estimated Marga Richter's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Marga Richter was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, the daughter of the American soprano Inez Chandler (1885–1956) and a German army captain, Paul Richter.
She studied piano at the MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis with Irene Hellner and with Helena Morsztyn in New York City.
Florence Marga Richter (October 21, 1926 – June 25, 2020) was an American composer of classical music, and pianist.
Richter composed several works for the Harkness Ballet in the early 1950s.
Her music was also performed, recorded, and produced on numerous albums by MGM recordings at this time.
During the 1970s, two of Richter's large-scale orchestral works Landscapes of the Mind I and Blackberry Vines and Winter Fruit received significant performances, and she received a publishing contract from Carl Fischer.
After completing her studies, she taught music appreciation at Nassau Community College from 1971 to 1972, and later began working as a composer full-time.
Richter co-founded the Long Island Composers Alliance in 1972 with Herbert Deutsch and served as its co-director, president and vice-president.
Richter has a son, pianist Michael Skelly and a daughter who is a nurse.
During the 1980s, Richter composed vocal and choral music in addition to symphonic and chamber works.
Richter's only opera Riders to the Sea was composed in the 1990s.
Deeply connected to those in her personal world, Richter composed works to honor various individuals important to her, such as Lament for her mother, Threnody for her father, and numerous others.
A full-length biography of Richter was published in 2012 by the University of Illinois Press as part of their series on women composers.
She died on June 25, 2020 at Barnegat, New Jersey.
Richter's musical style emphasizes chromaticism, a free use of dissonance, ostinatos, layering, rhythmic excitement, and dramatic pacing.
She favored much use of seconds and sevenths.
Her music often draws upon American, Irish, and Asian sources for inspiration.
While she taught only a handful of students, she inspired many later women composers, including composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee.
Richter is noted for being one of the few women composers from her time who composed music for large-scale forces: orchestra, ballet, and ensembles.
She composed one opera, Riders to the Sea.
Richter composed for orchestra, ballet, opera, chorus, orchestra, chamber ensemble and solo instrument and her compositions have been performed internationally.
Richter's works have been recorded and issued on CD including:
