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1838. Death of Theresa Spohr 209 Journey to Carlsbad 209 Continuation of Spohr’s Biography by his family 210 1839. Composes his “Historical Symphony” 215 Departure to the musical festival at Norwich 215 1840. Journey to the musical festival at Aix-la-Chapelle 227 Journey to Lübeck and Hamburg 229 1841. Journey to Switzerland by way of Stuttgard and Hechingen 232 Musical festival at Lucerne 235 Composes his “Double Symphony” 237 Musical performance in honour of Mozart in Cassel 239 1842. Journey to Carlsbad 240 1843. Invitation to Prague 244 Journey to London to direct the “Fall of Babylon” 249 1844. Composes the opera: “The Crusaders” 257 Journey to Paris 257 Journey to the musical festival at Brunswick 260 1845. His opera of “The Crusaders” performed for the first time, at Cassel 261 Journey to Oldenburg, Carlsbad and Berlin 262 Journey to Bonn to the inauguration of the memorial erected to Beethoven 270 1846. Journey to Leipsic and Carlsbad 276 1847. Spohr’s twenty-fifth Anniversary as director at Cassel 282 Spohr’s journey to London 287 Musical performances in commemoration of the death of Mendelssohn 291 1848. Festivities at Cassel 293 1849. Journey to Leipsic and Carlsbad 293 1850. Spohr’s fall upon the ice 295 Composes his symphony “The Seasons” 295 Journey to Leipsic, Breslau and Berlin 296 1851. Journey to Switzerland and Italy 300 Journey to Göttingen 300 1852. Law-suit relative to the fine imposed upon Spohr for his absence on a journey without permission 301 Journey to London to direct the performance of his opera: “Faust”