Loewe

(16'-va), Johann Carl Gottfried, compr b. Lobejun, near Halle, Nov. 30, 1796: d. Kiel, Apr. 20, 1869. Taught by father and by Turk, at Francke Inst, Halle, where L received royal stipend; entered Halle Univ. and Naue's Singakademie; prof, and cantor at Stettin 1820-1866, with many and frequent trips to other parts of Germany, to England, etc.; composed 1 opera, 17 oratorios, but chiefly ballads for voice and pf.; practically established ballad as artistic form by infusing it with dramatic feeling and applying principle of leading motive.