Born: November 18, 1786; Eutin, Germany
Died: June 5, 1826; London, England
Nationality: German
Occupation: composer, conductor, pianist,
guitarist, critic
Carl Maria von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, born on November 18, 1786 and died on June 5, 1826.
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| Carl Maria von Weber Museum, Dresden |
He was one of the
first important composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, he
was a crucial figure in the development of Romantische Oper (Romantic opera), a
genre of German opera in the early 19th century, which developed from the
opéras comiques, not from the German Singspiel.
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| Statue of Carl Maria von Weber at Theaterplatz, Dresden |
In
his youth, his father, Franz Anton, frequently moved to many places with his
family between Hamburg, Salzburg, Freiberg, Augsburg and Vienna. As a result,
he studied with many teachers such as his father, Johann Peter Heuschkel,
Michael Haydn, Giovanni Valesi, Johann Nepomuk Kalcher and Georg Joseph Vogler.
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| Michael Haydn |
He
had a modest output of non-operatic music, including two symphonies, a bassoon
concerto, piano pieces such as Konzertstück in F minor and Invitation to the
Dance, and the pieces that featured the clarinet, usually written for the
virtuoso clarinetist Heinrich Baermann.
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| Heinrich Baermann |
His operas Silvana (1810), Abu Hassan (1811), Der Freischütz (1821), Die drei Pintos (1820–21), Euryanthe (1823), and Oberon (1826) had a great influence on subsequent German composers, including Heinrich Marschner, Giacomo Meyerbeer and Richard Wagner.
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| Heinrich Marschner |
His piano works anticipated those of Chopin and Liszt, and
his most famous work, Der Freischütz, remains one of the most important German
operas.
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| Costume designs for Samiel and Caspar in the original production Der Freischütz |
Thank
you.
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