Introduction

Biography

Löhr was a cho­ris­ter at Mag­dalen Col­lege, Ox­ford, and went on to at­tend the Uni­ver­si­ties of Leip­zig and 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.