Louis Spohr's Autobiography

A candlelit salon in early nineteenth-century Europe: the air alive with the strains of a new symphony, the audience rapt as the composer himself lifts his baton. Within these evocative pages, readers are transported into the heart of the Romantic era, witnessing the triumphs and tribulations of a musician whose life intertwined with the great currents of music history. With rare candour and wit, this classical music memoir unveils the personal journey of a German composer navigating the sh...