Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (c. 18 November 1786 – 5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic in the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper (German Romantic opera). Throughout his youth, his father, Franz Anton, relentlessly moved the family between Hamburg, Salzburg, Freiberg, Augsburg and Vienna. Consequently, he studied with many teachers—his father, Johann Peter Heuschkel, Michael Haydn, Giovanni Valesi, Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, and Georg Joseph Vogler—under whose supervision he composed four operas, none of which survive complete. He had a modest output of non-operatic music, which includes two symphonies, two concertos and a concertino for clarinet and orchestra, a bassoon concerto, a horn concertino, two concertos and a Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, piano pieces such as Invitation to the Dance; and many pieces that featured the clarinet, usually written for the virtuoso clarinetist Heinrich Baermann. His mature operas—Silvana (1810), Abu Hassan (1811), Der Freischütz (1821), Die drei Pintos (comp. 1820–21), Euryanthe (1823), Oberon (1826)—had a major impact on subsequent German composers including Marschner, Meyerbeer, and Wagner; his compositions for piano influenced those of Mendelssohn, Chopin and Liszt. His best known work, Der Freischütz, remains among the most significant German operas.

200 years of Carl Maria von Weber - 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Weber - The Spirit of German Romanticism - 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277 - 2026-06-07T00:00:00.000000Z

"078 Piano Evocations": Pantomima - 2026-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Ensemble Hexaméron: Weber — Eine Welt in meinem Innern - 2026-06-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Spring Adagios - 2026-06-04T00:00:00.000000Z

"074 Piano Discoveries": Invocation - 2026-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Scenes of Pastoral Life - 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000000Z

"081 Contemporary Discoveries": Astor - 2026-05-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Weber: Trio for Piano, Cello and Flute & Progressive Sonatas No. 3 & 6 - 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000000Z

"080 Piano Essentials": Improvisation - 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000000Z

A Century of Artistry - 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000000Z

"078 Classical Piano Essentials": Piano Poetry - 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000000Z

"075 Classical Piano Essentials": Asturiana - 2026-05-05T00:00:00.000000Z

"'Great Relaxing Classics" - Smooth & Peaceful - 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

"080 Classical Discoveries": Rosamunde - 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000000Z

"081 Classical Discoveries": Enigma - 2026-04-26T00:00:00.000000Z

"071 Classical Music Discoveries": Woodland - 2026-04-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Music for Flute, Piano, Clarinet and cello - 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000000Z

50 Greatest Orchestral Showpieces - 2026-03-29T00:00:00.000000Z

The Revolutionary Spirit: Rediscovering the True Sound - 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Weber, Wagner, Nicolai & Mendelssohn: Overtures - 2026-02-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Above the Mists - Echoes of the Mountain - 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Winter Adagios - 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Karajan, the German Maestro - Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner & Brahms - 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000000Z

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