Louis Spohr in St. Petersburg - at the end of 1802
from Louis Spohr's Autobiography, page 43:
The best violinist then in St. Petersburgh was, without doubt, Fränzel junior. He had just come from Moscow where he had been engaged for six concerts at three thousand rubles. His attitude in playing displeased me. The diary says: “He holds the violin still in the old manner, on the right side of the tail piece, and must therefore play with his head bent . . . . . . To this must be added that, he raised the right arm very high, and has the bad habit of elevating his eyebrows at the expressive passages. If this is not unpleasant to the majority of listeners it is still very … more >>
Louis Spohr, and Frederick Freedman and Longman Roberts & Green London 1865 (ed.), Louis Spohr's Autobiography, volume 1 (1969), p. 43. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1409523038092 accessed: 2 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersFerdinand Fränzl performs on the violin | performed by Ferdinand Fränzl |
Experience Information
Date/Time | at the end of 1802 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |