Johann Jacob Löwe (1628–1703) was a German Baroque composer and organist at

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. He was educated in

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and recommended by

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

for the position of ''Hofkapellmeister.''

Works

Operas *Löwe composed ten ''

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s'' and operas, among them ''Andromeda'', to librettos by Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig.Heinz Kindermann ''Theatergeschichte Europas: Das Theater der Barockzeit'' "Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig inszeniert seine von Johann Jacob Löwe vertonte Oper" 1964 Songs *With his friend

Julius Johannes Weiland Julius Johannes Weiland (ca. 1605 – 2 April 1663) was a minor German composer. He was a singer and harpsichordist at the Wolfenbüttel court at the time of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. With Johann Jacob Löwe (162 ...

he published ''Zweyer gleichgesinnten Freunde Tugend- und Schertz Lieder'' (1657). Instrumental *Albert Rodemann: Two Suites (Rodemann); By Loewe Von Eisenach, Johann Jacob (1628–1703).

References

1628 births 1703 deaths German Baroque composers German classical composers German male classical composers Pupils of Heinrich Schütz {{Germany-composer-stub