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Spohr

American  
[shpohr] / ʃpoʊr /

noun

  1. Ludwig or Louis 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.


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"If someone joined in the 1920s or early 1930s, before Hitler came to power, it tends to indicate a conviction, that they really wanted to actively fight for the cause," said Spohr.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Recent polls have shown that an implausibly high percentage of Germans -- between 11 and 18 percent -- think their grandparents tried to help those being persecuted by the Nazi regime, Spohr noted.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

“TAP Air Portugal is of great strategic importance to the European aviation industry,” said Carsten Spohr, chairman and chief executive of Lufthansa Group.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

Lufthansa wants to order 40 small short-haul planes, with Airbus' A220 and Embraer planes under consideration, Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said on Thursday.

From Reuters Nov. 3, 2023

As we see time and again, cutting-edge innovators like those of Beethoven’s youth were composers whose names are now mosdy forgotten: Johann Dussek, Louis Spohr, Muzio Clementi, Etienne Mehul, Fran^ois-Joseph Gossec .

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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