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Scan 97
FAMOUS VIOLINISTS OF TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY, 1909
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 89. See the scan on archive.org.
1Spohr's performance on condition that the violinist's two pieces should immediately follow each other on the program, and Spohr withdrawing his embargo from the whole concert on condition that the king would abstain from his favourite amusement during his particular performance. The king, however, seems to have put in the last blow, for on the conclusion of the violin solos he gave no signal for applause, and as it would be a breach of court manners for any one to applaud without his Majesty's consent, the artist was obliged to make his bow and retire amidst deathly silence.
3In 1808 Spohr wrote his first opera, but although it was accepted for representation, it was never performed in public.
5During this year Napoleon held his celebrated congress of princes at Erfurt. Spohr was consumed by a burning desire to behold Napoleon and the surrounding princes, and went to Erfurt. Here he found that a
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