Biography
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, and was 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 . Der Freischütz came to be regarded as the first German "nationalist" opera, Euryanthe developed the Leitmotif technique to an 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.
Filmography
all 13
Movies 12
Writer 1
TV Shows 1
Hero of Our Time (2022)
Oberon (2017)
This is Opera (2015)
Hunter's Bride (2010)
Der Freischütz (1999)
Der Freischütz (1999)
Der Freischütz (1981)
Weber: Der Freischütz (1968)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms (1951)
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Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1786-12-18
Deathday
1826-06-05 (39 years old)
Birth Place
Eutin,
Religion
Catholicism
Children
Max Maria von Weber
Father
Franz Anton von Weber
Mother
Genovefa von Weber
Siblings
Maria Antonia Weber
Relatives
Sophie Weber, Josepha Weber, Aloysia Weber, Constanze Mozart, Franz Fridolin Weber
Citizenships
Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck
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