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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 music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...
for the position of ''Hofkapellmeister.''


Works

Operas *Löwe composed ten ''
Singspiel A Singspiel (; plural: ; ) is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera. It is characterized by spoken dialogue, which is alternated with ensembles, songs, ballads, and arias which were often strophic, or folk- ...
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).


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