Louis Spohr in Gotha - the 1800's

from Louis Spohr's Autobiography, page 136:

Berhard Romberg, also, constantly smokes while playing, and I once heard him in his house in Gotha, executed his most difficult Concerto in F-Minor, without taking the pipe from his mouth.
cite as

Louis Spohr, and Frederick Freedman and Longman Roberts & Green London 1865 (ed.), Louis Spohr's Autobiography, volume 1 (1969), p. 136. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1416178115703 accessed: 2 December, 2024

location of experience: Gotha

Listeners

Louis Spohr
Concertmaster, Violinist, Composer, Conducting
1784-1859

Listening to

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Concerto in F minor
written by Bernhard Romberg
performed by Brett Romberg

Experience Information

Date/Time the 1800's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by tlisboa on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:48:36 +0000
Approved on Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:08:54 +0000