Louis Spohr in Vienna - between 21 January, 1813 and 22 January, 1813
from Louis Spohr's Autobiography, pages 162-163:
By the advice of some kind friends I relinquished my intention of giving my Oratorio at my own expense, as I had projected doing in a second Concert; since the great expenditure which a large Orchestra and a numerous Chorus would have superadded to that of a usual Concert, forbade the hope to realise any profit from the undertaking. Yet as I was very desirous to have this work heard in Vienna, for I still considered it to be one of the grandest of its kind, I offered to perform it for the benefit of the “Widow’s and Orphan’s Society” on the condition only, that for its production, the … 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. 162-163. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1416180072779 accessed: 4 October, 2024
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‘Das jüngste Gericht’
written by Louis Spohr |
performed by Herr Clement |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between 21 January, 1813 and 22 January, 1813 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:21:12 +0000
Approved on Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:02:06 +0000