Louis Spohr in Gotha - at the end of 1805
from Louis Spohr's Autobiography, page 91:
[Dorette’s] brilliant execution both on the harp and pianoforte was already then despite her youth, truly remarkable! Yes, even upon the violin on which instrument her uncle Preissing gave her instruction, she had acquired so much skill, that she could play Viotti’s Duetts with me. But as I advised her to discontinue the practise of that instrument so unbecoming for females, and to devote rather her undivided study to the two others, she adopted my advice and from that moment gave it up.
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Louis Spohr, and Frederick Freedman and Longman Roberts & Green London 1865 (ed.), Louis Spohr's Autobiography, volume 1 (1969), p. 91. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1413464181897 accessed: 4 October, 2024
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Violin duets
written by Giovanni Battista Viotti |
performed by Dorette Scheidler, Louis Spohr |
Experience Information
Date/Time | at the end of 1805 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:56:22 +0100
Approved on Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:18:21 +0000