Spohr's Symphony No. 10 was not premiered until 1998 at Carnegie Hall, after American conductor Eugene Minor prepared a performing version.
Critical Reception
Prominent composers like Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Wagner held Spohr in high regard, with Wagner calling him a 'serious, honourable master of his art'.
Composer Biography
Spohr received his first violin at age five, an instrument that still survives in the Brunswick state museum.
Composer Biography
Louis Spohr, the composer, was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1784, the first child of a doctor who was a pioneer of homeopathic medicine.
Composition History
Spohr's Symphony No. 8 was commissioned by the Philharmonic Society during his 1847 visit to England.
Composition History
Spohr's Symphony No. 10 was condemned by the composer himself to 'eternal oblivion' because he felt it was not worthy of his earlier symphonies, but his wife preserved it.
Historical Context
After Beethoven's death in 1827, many in Germany and Britain ranked Spohr as the greatest living composer, equaled only later by Mendelssohn.
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