Background
Reinthaler was born in Erfurt.
Reinthaler was born in Erfurt.
He studied theology, and then music with Adolf Bernhard Marx, studying from 1849 to 1852 in Paris and Rome with a royal scholarship.
Alternative spellings include Karl Martin Reinthaler and Carl Martin Rheinthaler. He received his first music education from August Gottfried Ritter, an organist at Magdeburg cathedral. He was associated with the Bremen Cathedral, of which he was director, chorus master of the Singakademie Bremen, and cathedral organist since 1857.
Reinthaler also conducted the premiere of the revised version of Max Bruch"s first violin concerto in January 1868.
In later years, Reinthaler required a wheel chair, which limited his appearances in public musical scenes. He died in Bremen.