Simon Lohet

Simon LOHET ( Loxhay; * before 1550 in Maastricht, † July 5, 1611 in Stuttgart ) was an organist and composer of the Renaissance.

Life and work

Lohets father was a certain Jean de Liège, therefore it is also assumed that LOHET was born in Liege. On September 4, 1551 Simon LOHET received under Duke Louis the Pious the place of organist at the court church in Stuttgart. To Lohets pupils was his son Louis LOHET (1577-1617) and Adam climbing leather ( father of Johann Ulrich riser leather), who was after his return from Italy a short time under LOHET. LOHET made ​​several trips in the Southern Netherlands (Antwerp ) to purchase the current music at the local publishers. Responsible for the instruments of the court orchestra, undertook LOHET 1581 a trip to Venice to buy newly developed instruments.

The only known works today Lohets are 20 to 35 measures long four -part fugues for organ, part of 1617 by Johann Woltz published in Basel Collection Nova musices organicae Tabulatura are.