Louis Spohr in St. Petersburg - 18 May, 1803
from Louis Spohr's Autobiography, page 42:
On the eighteenth of May I took my new duet and my violin, and went again to Herr Tietz, whom I this time found alone. It did not require much to persuade him to play the duet; but he would not take the primo. We had hardly ended, when Herr Hirschfeld, hornist in the Imperial orchestra, and others with whom I was unacquainted, came in. Herr Tietz begged me to repeat the duet, and it appeared to please not him alone, but also the others. […]Tietz played the secondo of my duet, which is not easy, without faltering and perfectly clean, executing the cantabile passages with taste and … more >>
Louis Spohr, and Frederick Freedman and Longman Roberts & Green London 1865 (ed.), Louis Spohr's Autobiography, volume 1 (1969), p. 42. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1409522444799 accessed: 6 December, 2024
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Spohr's impressions of Tietz's playing whilst performing violin duets together
written by Louis Spohr |
performed by Anton Ferdinand Tietz, Louis Spohr |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 18 May, 1803 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Tietz had given up his performing career and refused to play with Spohr on his first visit.