Georg Simon Löhlein

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Georg Simon Löhlein (born July 16, 1725 in Neustadt bei Coburg , † December 16, 1781 in Danzig ) was a German pianist, violinist, music teacher, conductor and composer .

Life

Löhlein probably received his musical training from his father and from the organist in his hometown. According to Mendel's Musical Conversation Lexicon of 1878, he is said to have been an excellent pianist and violinist from an early age. In 1742 Löhlein fell into the hands of Prussian advertisers who recruited him to the Lange Kerls because of his height of about 1.90 meters . Only after sixteen years of service and injuries sustained in various battles did he return home. He immediately enrolled at the University of Jena and took over the management of the “Collegium Musicum”. From 1763 he worked in Leipzig as a pianist and as an orchestra member in the Great Concert . Since he could not make a living from this activity, he gave private lessons. He is said to have been generously rewarded for one lesson by noble students. In 1768, according to Ernst Ludwig Gerber's historical-biographical lexicon of the Tonkünstler, he founded “a weekly concert for lovers, which consisted of his scholars”. Löhlein also acted as the engraver himself for his works , which was unusual and specifically highlighted by contemporary critics. Despite a certain success that he had in Leipzig, he was looking for a permanent, well-paid job. He found this in 1781 as Kapellmeister at St. Marienkirche in Gdansk . In the cold church he caught colds so often that he succumbed to a lung disease just a few months after starting work.

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Clavier School (1779)

Löhlein's most important work is his “Clavier-Schule”, which was printed in four new editions between 1765 and 1782 with 7,000 copies. After his death, further revised editions followed, for example those of Johann Georg Witthauer (1751–1802) in 1791 . The sixth and seventh editions (1804 and 1819) were published by the Thomaskantor August Eberhard Müller . Another adaptation by Carl Czerny appeared in 1825 and the last one in 1845 by Iwan Knorr . The work has also been translated into Dutch and Russian.

Given the success of the Piano wrote Löhlein 1774 "An instruction for violin playing" as a supplement to Leopold Mozart - attempt a thorough violin school . In 1797 it was published in a third revised version by Johann Friedrich Reichardt . Today it is offered again as a facsimile print for studying historical performance practice .

Löhlein's compositions include “Sei Partite per il clavicembalo”, op. I (1766), “Sei Partite per il clavicembalo” op. III (1770), several piano concertos, sonatas and vocal works.

After meeting Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1769, whom he met through the publisher Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf , Löhlein set Goethe's “New Year's Song” to music. This setting is considered the earliest of a work by Goethe.

Works

(Selection)

  • Instructions for playing the violin .

media

Audio file / audio sample 1st movement of the 5th sonata 'Poco adagio e mesto' 2.32 MB ? / i

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Axel Beer: Music publishing and music trade in Leipzig in the second half of the 18th century , in: Stefan Keym, Peter Schmitz (ed.): The Leipzig music publishing system. Inner-city networks and international appeal . Olms, Hildesheim 2016, ISBN 9783487154534 , pp. 119–168, here: p. 129, cited there: Review of the piano concerto op. 8.1 in: Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek . Volume 46, Item 2, 1781, p. 443 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Löhlein, Georg Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist, pianist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt near Coburg
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1781
Place of death Danzig