Georg Simon Löhlein
Georg Simon Löhlein
Person from Germany
Genres: 18th century, german
Johann Michael Dischner
About Georg Simon Löhlein
Georg Simon Löhlein (born July 16, 1725 in Neustadt near Coburg; died December 16, 1781 in Danzig ) was a German pianist, violinist, music teacher, conductor and composer. Löhlein probably received his musical training from his father and from the organist in his hometown. According to Mendel's Musikalisches Conversationslexikon from 1878, he was said to have been an excellent pianist and violinist from an early age. In 1742 Löhlein fell into the hands of Prussian recruiters , who recruited him to the Tall Guys because of his height of about 1.90 meters . He only returned home after sixteen years as a soldier and after injuries sustained in various battles. 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 a member of the orchestra 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 paid for a lesson by noble students. In 1768, according to Ernst Ludwig Gerber's historical-biographical encyclopedia of music artists, he founded "a weekly amateur concert, which consisted of his scholars". Löhlein also acted as music engraver himself for his works , which was unusual and was particularly emphasized by contemporary criticism. Despite a certain success that he had in Leipzig, he was looking for a permanent, well-paid position. He found this in 1781 as Kapellmeister at St. Mary's Church in Danzig. In the cold church, he caught cold so often that he succumbed to lung disease just a few months after starting work. Löhlein's most important work is his "Clavier School", which was printed in four new editions between 1765 and 1782 with 7,000 copies. After his death, further revised editions followed, such as those by Johann Georg Witthauer (1751–1802) in 1791. The sixth and seventh edition (1804 and 1819) was published by the Thomaskantor August Eberhard Müller . Another adaptation by Carl Czerny appeared in 1825 and a final one by Iwan Knorr in 1845 . The work has also been translated into Dutch and Russian. In view of the success of the piano method, Löhlein wrote "An instruction for playing the violin" in 1774 as a supplement to Leopold Mozart's attempt at a thorough violin method . In 1797 it was published by Johann Friedrich Reichardt in a third revised version. Today it is offered again as a facsimile print for the study of 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.
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