George Augustus Löhr

You help make Hymnary.org possible.

In 2025, more than 10 million people from 200+ countries found hymns, liturgical resources, and encouragement here. If Hymnary has meant something to you this year, would you take a moment to help sustain it? A gift of any size — and a note of encouragement, if you'd like to share one — directly supports the server costs, research, and curation that keep this resource freely available to the world.

Give securely online today, or mail a check to:
Hymnary.org (c/o Calvin University)
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Thank you for being part of this important online ministry resource.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again

www.hymntime.com

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

=================

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_L%C3%B6hr

Texts Tunes Hymnals Recommendations