Apart from some songs and a string quartet, few of Richard Fuchs’s compositions were performed in his lifetime. Now, he is virtually unknown, but there are moves to revive his work. In 2007, students of the
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe performed some of the chamber music of Richard Fuchs at a special concert given in his memory. In May 2008, the
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra played a
Symphonic Movement in F minor by Richard Fuchs composed in 1943. Chamber music that he wrote in New Zealand including Piano Quintet in D minor (1941) and String Quartet in E Major (1945), and his song, In "Der Fremde" (1937), were performed at a concert at Government House in 2008. His earlier chamber music, String Quartet in D minor (1932), was played in Auckland in 2009 together with some of his songs. A film about the life of Richard Fuchs,
The Third Richard (the first two being
Wagner and
Strauss) has been produced by his grandson
Danny Mulheron. A recording of the Wellington performance is on the Forbidden Music blogsite. It was performed in his home town of
Karlsruhe in January 2020. On the 75th anniversary of his death on 22 September 2022, works by Richard Fuchs were performed in the Stadthalle in
Gernsbach, namely the Piano Quintet in D minor (1941), the String Quartet in E major (1945) and the Kaddish (1935) in an arrangement for a string quartet. (Biographical notes and compositions are in the manuscript collection of the
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand: Fuchs, Richard (Dr), 1887-1947 Papers, MS-Group-0859) ==Works==