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5 unusual facts about Spohr


Katica Illényi

Meanwhile she was invited from classical music circles where she played Béla Bartók, Franz Lehár, Sarasate, Debussy, Saint Sean, Fritz Kreisler, De Falla, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Franz Liszt, Max Bruch, Georg Boulanger, Bach, Vivaldi, Spohr, etc.

Louis Schindelmeisser

His own operas were in the tradition of von Weber and Spohr and "he kept the lyrical and dramatic components in balance".

Spohr

Louis Spohr (1784–1859), German composer, violinist, and conductor

Arnold Spohr (1923-2010), Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of German descent

Teldec

The American violinist Joan Field recorded for Telefunken the great violin concertos by Bruch, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Spohr.


Johnsons Mill, West Virginia

Smith Crossroads on Winchester Grade Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 13) is to its west by way of Autumn Acres Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 26), New Hope is to its north by way of Spohr's Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 8), and Duckwall is located to its east on Johnson's Mill Road along the western flanks of Sleepy Creek Mountain.

Joseph Gregor

After completion of Danae's score, Strauss was planning in 1940, at the suggestion of Heinz Drewes and Hans Joachim Moser, to collaborate with Gregor to rework the libretto of the opera Jessonda (music: Louis Spohr, libretto: Edward Henry Go ).


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