Editing Carl Loewe (section)

== Life and career ==
Loewe was born in [[Löbejün]] and received his first music lessons from his father. He was a choir-boy, first at [[Köthen]], and later at [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]], where he went to grammar school. The beauty of Loewe's voice brought him under the notice of [[Madame de Staël]], who procured him a pension from [[Jérôme Bonaparte]], then king of [[Westphalia]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} which enabled him to further his education in music, and to study [[theology]] at [[Halle University]]. In 1810, he began lessons in Halle with [[Daniel Gottlob Türk]].<ref>Eberl, Kathrin: Daniel Gottlob Türk – an urban musician in the late 18th Century. Beeskow 2011</ref> This ended in 1813, on the flight of the king.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In 1820, he moved to Stettin in [[Prussia]] (now [[Szczecin]] in Poland), where he worked as [[organ (music)|organist]] and music director of the school. It was while there that he did most of his work as a composer, publishing a version of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]]'s "[[Erlkönig]]" in 1824 (written 1817/18) which some say at least equals [[Erlkönig (Schubert)|Schubert's better known version]].<ref>Daniel Albright, [https://books.google.com/books?id=4Ez1AgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Erlk%C3%B6nig%22+%22Carl+Loewe%22&pg=PT252 ''Panaesthetics''], Yale University Press, 2014</ref><ref>''1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die'', ed. Matthew Rye, Chartwell Books 2017, [https://books.google.com/books?id=25NADwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Erlk%C3%B6nig%22+%22Carl+Loewe%22&pg=PA224 p.224]</ref> He went on to set many other poets' works, including [[Friedrich Rückert]], and translations of [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Lord Byron]].

In 1821 he married Julie von Jacob, who died in 1823. His second wife, Auguste Lange, was an accomplished singer, and they appeared together in his [[oratorio]] performances with great success.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

On 20 February 1827,<ref>[http://www.berliozhistoricalbrass.org/27-2%20Wint99sic.pdf ''Tuba Journal'']</ref> he conducted the first performance of the 18-year-old [[Felix Mendelssohn]]'s [[A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)#Overture|Overture ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'']], Op. 21. He and Mendelssohn were also soloists in Mendelssohn's [[Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A-flat major (Mendelssohn)|Concerto in A-flat major for 2 pianos and orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandchamberorchestra.org/2006_2007_Season/March/felix-mendelssohn.htm |title=Portland Chamber Orchestra |access-date=2013-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807161256/http://www.portlandchamberorchestra.org/2006_2007_Season/March/felix-mendelssohn.htm |archive-date=2008-08-07 }}</ref>

Later in life, Loewe became very popular both as a composer and as a singer. As a youth, he had a high [[soprano]] voice (he could sing the music of the Queen of the Night in ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' as a boy), and his voice developed into a fine [[tenor]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} He made several tours as a singer in the 1840s and 1850s, visiting England, France, Sweden and Norway amongst other countries. He eventually moved back to Germany, and, after quitting his posts in Stettin after 46 years, moved to [[Kiel]], where he would die from a [[stroke]] on 20 April 1869.

Loewe was also active as a music teacher. His most famous student, whom he taught composition from 1841 to 1847, was [[Emilie Mayer]], of whom he said that "such a God-given talent as hers had not been bestowed upon any other person he knew".<ref>Jugenderinnerungen einer Stettiner Kaufmannstochter, Greifswald 1921</ref> Mayer would later go on enjoying a successful career in Berlin as a freelance composer, ultimately earning her the nickname "weibliche Beethoven" (eng. female Beethoven).<ref>[https://www.ndr.de/kultur/Kammerkonzert-mit-Emilie-Mayer-Trios,audio1020350.html Kammerkonzert mit Emilie Mayer-Trios] ''www.ndr.de'' accessed 7 December 2021</ref>