Ferdinand Spohr
Ferdinand Spohr (* 1792 in Seesen ; † 1831 in Kassel ) was a violinist and chamber musician in Vienna and Kassel.
Life
Ferdinand Spohr was a younger brother of Louis Spohr . His father was Karl Heinrich Spohr, medical advisor (1756-1843), his mother Ernestine Henke (1763-1840). Ferdinand was the first of numerous pupils of his more well-known brother Louis. Ferdinand made a number of piano reductions for Louis, including the operas Jessonda , Der Berggeist , Pietro von Abano , Faust and the oratorio The Last Things . Ferdinand Spohr married Karoline Robert (1806–1854) in 1825 and had the children Ludwig and Emma Spohr with her.
literature
- Hans Michael Schletterer: Spohr, Louis . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 259.
- Louis Spohr: Louis Spohr's autobiography , vol. 1 , Kassel and Göttingen 1860.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Louis Spohr describes in his autobiography how he took his brother, eight years his junior, as a student in 1799 at the age of 16, autobiography p. 12.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spohr, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Violinist and chamber musician in Vienna and Kassel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seesen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1831 |
| Place of death | kassel |