Born in Prague, after attending the Gymnasium in Lübeck, Richter de Rangenier first worked as a freelance composer and founded the Lübecker Kammerorchester.
[2] He worked as a Kapellmeister in Hagen in 1954, in Wuppertal in 1957 and was musical director of the Theater des Westens in Berlin from 1960 to 1965 and from 1974 to 1976.
[3] In 1981 he returned to Europe and taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Concert tours took Richter de Rangenier to Switzerland (Lucerne Festival) and Germany.
[4][5] Furthermore: Symphonies, string quartets, various pieces for different solo instruments, choral works and Lieder.