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# **A DETAILED STUDY OF LOUIS SPOHR’S VIOLIN TECHNIQUE** ## **I. Introduction — Spohr as Violinist: A Bridge Between Eras** To understand **Louis Spohr’s violin technique** is to stand at a crossroads in the…

# **LOUIS SPOHR — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **Chapter I — Brunswick Beginnings (1784–1790)** Louis Spohr was born on 5 April 1784 in **Brunswick**, into a cultivated and musically sensitive household. His…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱 — 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡’𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟰 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 Before 1834, Robert Schumann had not yet fully become…

# **SWR Digital Archive 1 ** 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟭 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 - Piano Quartet No. 1 & Piano Trio No. 2 - Bartholdy Piano Quartet, Odeon Trio 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 - Piano Quartet & Quintet - Thomas Selditz,…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝘀𝗺𝗲́𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗮 — 𝗰. 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱 Genre: opéra. Libretto: after Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris. Status: composed around 1865, but left unfinished. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝗿𝗼𝗶 𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗹𝗲́ — 𝗰.…

# **Catholicism and Freemasonry** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) The attitude of educated and high-ranking Catholics in the eighteenth century toward religion was aptly captured—long before Mozart—by “Madame,” **Élisabeth Charlotte**,…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟏–𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗 The move to Paris changed almost every external circumstance of Fryderyk Chopin’s life. Warsaw had…

# **SWR Digital Archive 2** 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟭𝟭𝟬 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘀 - Klangerzählen 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟭𝟭𝟭 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 & 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮 - String Quartets - Végh Quartet 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟭𝟭𝟮 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - Variations in G major, Op. 121a - Stuttgart Piano Trio 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟭𝟭𝟯 𝗕𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗠 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗟𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 — 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 What follows is a selective, chronological guide to the most important and most admired surviving Mengelberg recordings, not a complete discography. I have favored performances that…

# **Nathan Milstein - Great DG & EMI Recordings - Box Set 37CDs ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/nathan-milstein-152678636?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/nathan-milstein-152678636?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1 – *****Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos*** **Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64** Conductor…

# **Beulah Collection 4 ** 1. 20th Century Voices Vol. 1 - Teresa Stich-Randall, Ljuba Welitsch, Kirsten Flagstad 2. 20th Century Voices Vol. 2 - Aksel Schiøtz, Fritz Wunderlich, Mario Lanza 3. 20th Century…

# **Andre Cluytens - The Complete Orchestral & Concerto Recordings [65CD Box Set] ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** * **Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58** — Marcelle Meyer…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯 Chapter 3 is one of the decisive transition chapters…

# **Eugen Jochum - Complete Recordings On DG Vol. 2 - Opera & Choral Recordings - Box Set 38 CDs ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/eugen-jochum-on-148016300?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/eugen-jochum-on-148016300?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1 — Johann Sebastian Bach — Mass in B Minor, BWV…