Fred Lohse (9 April 1908 – 19 January 1987[1]) was a German composer and music educator.

Life

Gravesite of Fred Lohse at the Südfriedhof in Leipzig

Born in Leipzig, Lohse studied from 1928 until 1931 musical composition and counterpoint bei Hermann Grabner in Leipzig. From 1928 to 1952, he worked mainly as a music educator. In 1952 he became a docent and in 1973 a professor for composition and musical theory in musicology at Leipzig University.[2]

Lohse died in Leipzig at the age of 79.

Awards

Works

Orchestral music

Chamber music

Vocal music

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Lohse Fred", Sächsische Landesbibliothek, archived 8 March 2016
  2. ^ Horst Seeger: Musiklexikon Personen A–Z / Breitkopf & Härtel Leipzig (1981), pp. 468 ff.
  3. ^ "Kunstpreise der DDR 1978 verliehen", Neues Deutschland, 24 May 1978, p. 4