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Re: Spohr unpopularity??

Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2004-02-06 23:23

from a listening standpoint, I find the Weber Concertos are very easy to listen to and have melodies that are "cute" and "flamboyant"... The Spohr Concertos are much less catchy and are based more or scales and "technical" passages. Weber seemed to have a real talent for writing highly technical passages that are highly melodic. I find the Spohr Concertos to be pretty good, but they take more attention to appreciate, and you have to work a lot harder to make them sound interesting as a performer. For me, this is a possible reason.

On a similar note, why do the Crusell Concertos seemed neglected compared to Weber. I personally prefer Crusell over weber. As was mentioned by Ken about Spohr, the only Crusell concerto they had at the music store cost $40, compared to a bunch of Webers ranging between 8 and 20. This certainly discourages me!

Don
theclarinetist@yahoo.com

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