Johann Jacob Lion
Johann Jacob Löwe (* August 1629 in Vienna , † 1703 in Lüneburg ) was a German organist , composer and court conductor.
Life
Johann Jacob Löwe was baptized on August 31, 1629 as the son of the Saxon ambassador in Vienna . From 1652 he was a student of Heinrich Schütz . On his recommendation he went to Wolfenbüttel as Kapellmeister in 1655 . From 1663 to 1665 he was court music director in Zeitz and from 1682 until his death organist at St. Nicolai in Lüneburg .
Works
- Virtues and joke songs (1657)
- Opera: Amelinde (1657)
- Synfonies, intrades, gagliards, arias, ballets, courants, sarabands for 3–5 instruments and B. c. (1658)
- Opera: Orpheus (1659)
- New sacred concerts (1660)
- Sonatas, canzones, etc. Caprices for 2 instruments and B. c. (1664)
- Salanische Musen-Lust [...] Serving Songs (1665)
literature
- Mechthild Albus: Leo, Johann Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 83 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Rainer Boestfleisch: Lion of Eisenach, Johann Jakob . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 452-453 .
Web links
- Works by Johann Jacob Löwe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Jacob Löwe in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Johann Jacob Löwe in the International Music Score Library Project
- CV at the Heinrich Schütz House
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leo, Johann Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German court music director and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized August 31, 1629 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1703 |
| Place of death | Luneburg |