Court audience in Gotha et al. in Gotha - 1807
from Louis Spohr's Autobiography, pages 110-111:
I first wrote a Potpourri for the violin with orchestral accompaniment (Op. 23, published by André of Offenbach) which had already suggested itself to me during the journey, and for the most part in the carriage. I was very desirous to see on paper what I there thought a very artistic combination of two Themes in one and the same; but still more desirous to hear it executed by an orchestra. This Potpourri begins with a lively, and for the solo, brilliant Allegro in G-major, connected with and passing into the Theme from the “Entführung”: “Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden” in G-minor. … more >>
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Louis Spohr, and Frederick Freedman and Longman Roberts & Green London 1865 (ed.), Louis Spohr's Autobiography, volume 1 (1969), p. 110-111. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1414446878392 accessed: 8 October, 2024
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Potpourri, op. 23
written by Louis Spohr |
performed by Court orchestra and musicians of Gotha |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1807 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:54:38 +0000
Approved on Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:16:13 +0000