Louis Spohr
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Louis Spohr was a prominent early Romantic German composer, violinist, and conductor known for his symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and contributions to violin technique.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Louis Spohr canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8469339 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Spohr Context triple: [Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17, dedicatedTo, Louis Spohr]
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A.
Christian Gottlob Neefe
Christian Gottlob Neefe was an 18th-century German composer, conductor, and music teacher best known for mentoring the young Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn.
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B.
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber was a pioneering early Romantic German composer and conductor, best known for his operas that strongly shaped the development of German national opera.
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C.
Hermann Reinecke
Hermann Reinecke was a German general and Nazi official who oversaw prisoner-of-war affairs in the Wehrmacht and was later convicted for war crimes committed under his authority.
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D.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Johann Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist of the late Classical and early Romantic eras, renowned for his piano concertos, chamber music, and influential keyboard pedagogy.
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E.
Johann August Ernesti
Johann August Ernesti was an 18th-century German theologian and classical philologist known for pioneering a critical, grammatical-historical approach to biblical interpretation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Spohr Target entity description: Louis Spohr was a prominent early Romantic German composer, violinist, and conductor known for his symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and contributions to violin technique.
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A.
Christian Gottlob Neefe
Christian Gottlob Neefe was an 18th-century German composer, conductor, and music teacher best known for mentoring the young Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn.
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B.
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber was a pioneering early Romantic German composer and conductor, best known for his operas that strongly shaped the development of German national opera.
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C.
Hermann Reinecke
Hermann Reinecke was a German general and Nazi official who oversaw prisoner-of-war affairs in the Wehrmacht and was later convicted for war crimes committed under his authority.
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D.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Johann Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist of the late Classical and early Romantic eras, renowned for his piano concertos, chamber music, and influential keyboard pedagogy.
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E.
Johann August Ernesti
Johann August Ernesti was an 18th-century German theologian and classical philologist known for pioneering a critical, grammatical-historical approach to biblical interpretation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic composer
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composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ human ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1784-04-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Brunswick
NERFINISHED
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Duchy of Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1859-10-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Electorate of Hesse
NERFINISHED
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Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Court Theatre in Gotha
NERFINISHED
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Court of Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ Theater an der Wien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Spohr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chamber music
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orchestral music ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| genre |
Romantic music
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classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Felix Mendelssohn
NERFINISHED
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later Romantic violinists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | violin ⓘ |
| introduced | use of rehearsal letters in scores ⓘ |
| knownFor |
chamber music
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clarinet concertos ⓘ contributions to violin technique ⓘ early Romantic symphonies ⓘ operas ⓘ oratorios ⓘ use of the conductor’s baton ⓘ violin concertos ⓘ |
| movement | Early Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Louis Spohr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26
NERFINISHED
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Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 57 NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in F minor, WoO 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor, WoO 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nonet in F major, Op. 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ Octet in E major, Op. 32 NERFINISHED ⓘ Opera "Faust" NERFINISHED ⓘ Opera "Jessonda" NERFINISHED ⓘ String Sextet in C major, Op. 140 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 4 in F major "Die Weihe der Töne", Op. 86 NERFINISHED ⓘ Violin Concerto No. 8 in A minor "Gesangsszene" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Kapellmeister in Gotha
NERFINISHED
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Kapellmeister in Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorette Scheidler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taught |
Ferdinand David
NERFINISHED
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Hubert Ries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Louis Spohr Description of subject: Louis Spohr was a prominent early Romantic German composer, violinist, and conductor known for his symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and contributions to violin technique.
Referenced by (3)
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