Löhlein, Georg Simon
(1725–1781)
GEORG SIMON LÖHLEINLÖHLEIN, GEORG SIMONGEORG SIMON LÖHLEIN [* 1725-† 1781] The German music teacher Georg Simon Löhlein assembled useful manuals for the musical instruction of amateurs: a two-volume Clavier-Schule (1765-81) and a violin method called Anweisung zum Violinspielen (1774). He depended upon the writings of C. P. E. BACH, SORGE, and HEINICHEN for his keyboard primer, while Leopold MOZART was his model for the Anweisung. Keyboard students were introduced to the basic symbols and…