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Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( c. 18 November 1786 – 5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic of the early Romantic period. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper (German Romantic opera). [1]
Jun 1, 2024 · Carl Maria von Weber was a German composer and opera director during the transition from Classical to Romantic music, noted especially for his operas Der Freischütz (1821; The Freeshooter, or, more colloquially, The Magic Marksman), Euryanthe (1823), and Oberon (1826).
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The following is a complete list of compositions by Carl Maria von Weber in order of both opus number and catalogue number. A complete chronological catalogue of Weber's works was compiled by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns and published in 1871.
Op.Description16 Fughettas, J. 1-6 (1798)26 Variations in C on an Original Theme, J.36 petites pièces faciles, J. 9-14 ...412 allemandes, J. 15-26 (1801)Carl Maria von Weber (vollständiger Name Carl [Maria] Fri [e]drich Ernst [von] Weber; * 18. oder 19. November 1786 in Eutin, Hochstift Lübeck; [* 1] † 5. Juni 1826 in London [* 2]) war ein deutscher Komponist, Dirigent und Pianist der Romantik .
Jan 6, 2015 · Learn about the life and works of Carl Maria von Weber, a German composer, conductor, pianist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Find out how Mahler completed his unfinished opera Die drei Pintos and influenced by his orchestration and style.
Carl Maria von Weber, (born Nov. 18, 1786, Eutin, Holstein—died June 5, 1826, London, Eng.), German composer. Son of a musician and a theatre manager, and first cousin to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ’s wife, he was born with a deformed hip and was never strong.
This fairy-tale opera about a pact between a huntsman and the devil to achieve a miraculously perfect shot ‘set the German people’s pulse racing’ as a contemporary observer wrote, and it transformed Weber’s reputation at a stroke.
