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Louis Spohr ( [ˈluːi ˈʃpo:ɐ], 5 April 1784 – 22 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, [1] later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig was a German composer, violinist and conductor . Highly regarded during his lifetime, [2] Spohr composed ten symphonies, ten operas, eighteen violin concerti, four clarinet concerti, four ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Louis Spohr (born April 5, 1784, Brunswick, Brunswick [Germany]—died Oct. 22, 1859, Kassel, Hesse [Germany]) was a German violinist, composer, and conductor whose compositions illustrate an early aspect of the Romantic period in German music. Spohr taught himself composition by studying the scores of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Spohr self-portrait This is an incomplete list of compositions by Louis Spohr (1784–1859). The list is divided into works given an opus number by the composer and those that were not ( WoO ).
Life and Works. Louis Spohr: Life and Works© Martin Wulfhorst 2006. 1. First Period: Youth, First Positions, and First Concert Tours (to 1812) 2. Second Period: Vienna, Frankurt, Travel Years (1813–21) 3. Third Period: The Early Kassel Years (1822–34) 4. Fourth Period: Old Age in Kassel (1835–59) 5.
Apr 16, 2024 · Louis Spohr (1784-1859). Image credit: Louis Spohr. Louis Spohr, whose 240th birthday fell on April 5th this year, might be less well-regarded today as a composer than he was in his own lifetime, but even musicians who will never play a note of Spohr in their entire career owe him a considerable debt. He’s credited with having invented both ...
Search for: 'Louis Spohr' in Oxford Reference ». (b Brunswick, 1784; d Kassel, 1859).Ger. composer, violinist, and conductor. Child prodigy as violinist and composer. At 14 member of Duke of Brunswick's court orch. Toured Russ. 1802, meeting Clementi and Field. From 1805 toured Ger. as violinist and cond., composing operas and oratorios.
Spohr the Composer. From the start of his career, Spohr aspired to be something more than just a violinist who wrote concertos (such as Viotti, Kreutzer, Vieuxtemps or Wieniawski). So he expanded his compositional scope to include operas, oratorios, cantatas, Lieder, symphonies, chamber music and, especially in the first years of his marriage ...
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