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| Short Name: | George Augustus Löhr |
| Full Name: | Löhr, George Augustus, 1821-1897 |
| Birth Year: | 1821 |
| Death Year: | 1897 |
Born: April 1821, Warwick, Warwickshire, England (source: 1881 census).
Died: August 1897, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
Buried: Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, England.
Löhr was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford, and went on to attend the Universities of Leipzig & Munich. He worked for a while as assistant to Zachariah Buck at Norwich Cathedral, then moved to Leicester in 1845, to play the organ at St. Margaret’s church, a position he held for four decades. He also taught music, organized music festivals, and, in 1856, founded the Leicester Amateur Harmonic Society. As of 1881, he was a professor of music in Leicester.
Music: ST. FRANCES
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/h/lohr_ga.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_L%C3%B6hr
Tunes by George Augustus Löhr (1) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST. FRANCES (Löhr) | G. A. Löhr (Composer) | 46 | 14321 54332 56655 |
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