Spohr, Ludwig, musical composer and violinist, born in Brunswick; produced both operas and oratorios, “Faust” among the former, the “Last Judgment” and the “Fall of Babylon” among the latter; his violin-playing was admirable, producing from the tones of the instrument the effects of the human voice; wrote a handbook for violinists (1784-1859).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Splügen * Spoleto