Lobe, Johann Christian
(1797–1881)
JOHANN CHRISTIAN LOBELOBE, JOHANN CHRISTIANJOHANN CHRISTIAN LOBE [* 1797-† 1881] The published work of Johann Christian Lobe typifies the career of the nineteenth-century theorist: there is the popular, often-translated Katechismus der Musik (1851) for the amateur; the ambitious, multi-volume Lehrbuch der musikalischen Komposition (1850-67) for the professional; and compilations of his letters and essays, Musikalische Briefe (1852) and Consonanzen und Dissonanzen (1869). Also typical is his…