Carl Maria von Weber
Composer
1786 – 1826
Who was Carl Maria von Weber?
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.
Weber's operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantic opera in Germany. Der Freischütz came to be regarded as the first German "nationalist" opera, Euryanthe developed the Leitmotif technique to a hitherto-unprecedented degree, while Oberon may have influenced Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and, at the same time, revealed Weber's lifelong interest in the music of non-Western cultures. This interest was first manifested in Weber's incidental music for Schiller's translation of Gozzi's Turandot, for which he used a Chinese melody, making him the first Western composer to use an Asian tune that was not of the pseudo-Turkish kind popularized by Mozart and others.
A brilliant pianist himself, Weber composed four sonatas, two concertos and the Konzertstück in F minor, which influenced composers such as Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn.
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- Born
- Nov 18, 1786
Eutin - Also known as
- Karl Maria von Weber
- Weber
- C.M.von Weber
- Maria von Wedemeyer
- Maria Trapp
- Carl Maria Von Weber
- Weber, Carl Maria von
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Caroline Brandt
(1817/11/04 - 1826/06/05)
- Caroline Brandt
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 5, 1826
London
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on July 23, 2013
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