Ferdinand Tobias Richter

Ferdinand Tobias Richter (22 July 1651 – 3 November 1711) was an Austrian Baroque composer and organist.

[2] Richter's compositions include several toccatas, five suites and other pieces for keyboard.

He also wrote music for a number of Jesuit school plays, operas and oratorios.

In 1699 Johann Pachelbel dedicated Hexachordum Apollinis, a collection including his famous Aria Sebaldina in F minor, to Dietrich Buxtehude and to his friend in Vienna, Ferdinand Tobias Richter.

His son Anton Karl Richter (1690-1763) was also court organist, serving from 1718 to 1751.