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Carl Maria von Weber
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The beat must not be like a tyrannical hammer, impeding or urging on, but must be to the music what the pulse-beat is to the life of man.
— quoted in Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Conductors (1981)
Carl Maria von Weber
German Romantic composer (1786–1826)
- Fame65.2
- Momentum35.1
- Musicians rank#204
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Updated 2026-06-08
The composer who cracked the code for German Romantic opera before Wagner was born. Der Freischütz—a story of a marksman, the devil, and magic bullets—became the template every German opera house wanted to repeat.
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Weber's father dragged the family across half of Europe—Hamburg, Salzburg, Freiberg, Augsburg, Vienna—so the boy studied under a parade of teachers and wrote four operas before adulthood, none of which survived intact. He had range: two symphonies, concertos for clarinet and piano, the piano showpiece Invitation to the Dance, works tailored for the virtuoso clarinetist Heinrich Baermann. But the operas between 1810 and 1826—Silvana, Abu Hassan, Der Freischütz, Euryanthe, Oberon—rewired what German opera could be. Der Freischütz hit hardest and lasted longest, the work every composer from Marsc…
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- Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias1997
- Songs, Chamber Music1997
- Keyboard Works1997
- Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Concertino / Clarinet Quintet1997
- Silvana1997
- Chamber Music of Carl Maria von Weber1997
- Oberon1997
- Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra1997
- Weber: Klarinettenkonzert no. 1 / Klarinettenquintett / Fagottkonzert1997
- Das Fagott1996
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Historical25.1
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Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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