Louis Liebe
Friedrich Eduard Ludwig (Louis) Liebe (26 November 1819 – 4 July 1900) was a German composer and musical teacher. His most popular works included Harmony (words by Adaien Linden of Metz) and a cantata for mixed choir with orchestral accompaniment (words by Emile Drescher). He won a prize in Mannheim for Muttersprache for male choirs, as well as prizes in Paris for several a capella pieces and a fugue for organ, among other compositions.
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Louis Liebe
- Born
- 1819
- Died
- 1900 · Chur.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages
- German
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Friedrich Eduard Ludwig (Louis) Liebe (26 November 1819 – 4 July 1900) was a German composer and musical teacher. His most popular works included Harmony (words by Adaien Linden of Metz) and a cantata for mixed choir with orchestral accompaniment (words by Emile Drescher). He won a prize in Mannheim for Muttersprache for male choirs, as well as prizes in Paris for several a capella pieces and a fugue for organ, among other compositions.
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Louis Liebe (1819–1900) was a composer, of German nationality. The composer died in Chur. Languages used include German.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Liebe was born in Magdeburg, where his father worked for the higher regional court. He studied music in Kassel and was a pupil of Louis Spohr.
Career
Career
From 1842 to 1844, Liebe taught at the Sallmann'schen Schule in Kassel. In 1844, he lived in Koblenz briefly and moved to Mainz later that year. From 1845 or 1846 to 1850, Liebe was the musical director at Worms. While at Worms, one of his pupils was Friedrich Gernsheim, who went on to become a composer and musical director at Saarbrücken. From 1850 to 1867, Liebe lived in Strasbourg. He was director of the Association of Choral Societies of Alsace and was a music teacher. During this period, he toured Paris, Zürich, Chur, and London. From 1883 to 1886, Liebe was based in Kostanz, where he conducted the Bodan singing society.
Personal life and death
Personal life and death
Liebe married in Mainz in October 1847. He died in 1900 in Chur.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Beer, Axel. Friedrich Eduard Ludwig Liebe. Musik und Musiker am Mittelrhein 2 Online.
- 2.Spohr Museum. Liebe, Louis. Spohr Briefe.
- 3.De Gruyter Saur. Internationaler Biographischer Index der Musik: Komponisten, Dirigenten, Instrumentalisten und Sänger. 336. 1995. 10.1515/9783110951745-017.
- 4.Notice Programme. Grand Festival Choral de Strasbourg. July 1863.
- 5.De Gruyter. Band 8 1860-1864. 880. 2006. 10.1515/9783110918113.828.
- 6.Julius Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916). Mahler Foundation.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Neue Berliner Musikzeitung hrsgg. v. Gustav Bock, 6. Jg., Nr. 37 v. 1852-09-22, S. 295, Sp. 1: "Louis Liebe (1819–1900), Musikdirektor in Straßburg; „Louis Liebe, welchem vor Kurzem der Preis für die beste Composition als Männer-Quartett des Gedichtes: ‚Muttersprache‘ von Max von Schenkendorf, von einer Gesellschaft in Mannheim zuerkannt worden war, ist eben wieder als Sieger bei einer Preisbewerbung hervorgegangen.“ (in „Nanzi“; sic Nancy)...
- www.Jung-Stilling-Forschung.de
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