Johann Christian Lobe

Johann Christian Lobe (* May 30, 1797 in Weimar, † July 27, 1881 in Leipzig ) was a German composer and music theorist.

Lobe grew up in Weimar and taught himself to play the violin. In the years 1804-1811 he attended the Wilhelm -Ernst -Gymnasium in Weimar. From 1810, he played violin at a Weimar church and completed his first composition in 1821, the opera Wittekind. In the following years Lobe composed more operas, including The filibusters ( 1830) and The Princess of Granada (1833 ) and some orchestral pieces. In 1842 he was appointed professor in Weimar, but moved in 1846 to Leipzig, where he worked as a music critic and teacher of composition. His most famous writing is the textbook of musical composition, which was created 1850-1867.

Works (selection)

  • Textbook of musical composition (1850-1867)
  • Catechism of Music (1853-1857)
  • Flying leaves of Music (1853-1857)
  • From the Life of a musician (1859 )
  • Musical Letters from a well- acquaintances (1860 )
  • Simplified Theory of Harmony (1861 )
  • A quartet at Goethe in The Gazebo (1867 )
  • Consonances and dissonances (1869 )
  • Catechism of the theory of composition (1882 )
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