Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (* 18. November 1786 in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein; † 5. June 1826 in London) was in German composer.

life

of weber father Franz Anton weber was an uncle of the Mozarts' woman and worked as officer, civil servant as well as a Kapellmeister. He became finally traveler theatre chief. Its nut/mother Genovefa weber, geb. Burner, was an opera singerand actress. Due to the many journeys Carl Marias youth was arranged and he got only few systematic instructions rarely. On the other side it kept food for its fantasy, an early world skill plentiful and - as well as experienced-heat an early confidenceness alsothe stage life.

Too of weber music teachers Heuschgel in Hildburghausen , Michael Haydn in Salzburg count, lime ago and Giovanni Valesi in Munich as well as later the Abbé George Joseph Vogler. In order to be able to print its own compositions, Carl Maria studiedbriefly before the lithography invented by Alois Senefelder and developed thereby different improvements. Subsequently, it wrote the opera “the mute forest girl “, who was uraufgeführt 1800 in Chemnitz. 1802 had his opera “Peter Schmoll and its neighbours “Premiere in Augsburg. Between 1803 and 1804 studied from weber with Vogler in Vienna. This provided it in the year 1804 an employment as Kapellmeister in Breslau. There “carrot number “, of them began from weber with the operaenormous Ouvertüre under the title “to the Beherr spirit “was published later, but terminated these not.

Starting from 1806 it was in the spring 1807 music director at the yard of the duke Friedrich Eugen Heinrich of Württemberg - oil in Carl peace (today Pokój with Oppeln in Poland). In the following time lived from weber regardless of the different concert journeys, from which it 1810 one led to Mannheim, as a pianist in Munich, Leipzig and Berlin as well as to yards in Gotha and Weimar. Between 1813 and 1816 he was a director of opera in Prague, starting from 1817 royal Kapellmeister of the opera in Dresden. 1817 he married the singer Caroline Brandt. The common son max was in 19. Century a well-known writer and railway pioneer.

Weber was active also as writers, among other things it left a novel fragment with the title of “clay/tone artist life”. But to before all by its opera to that free contactor is considered weber as a founder of the German national opera, those under smelling pool of broadcasting corporations Wagner and smelling pool of broadcasting corporations bunchtheir high point to reach should.

The former summer seat of the composer, the today's Carl Maria of weber museum, is nearby the Pillnitzer of lock in the Dresden quarter Hosterwitz. It was with his Mrs. Caroline in the summer months of the years 1818/19 and 1823/24 thereand “Euryanthe” and “Oberon” wrote substantial parts of the operas. In the winter weber in the city Dresden in the house old market 9 lived.

It died after the premiere of “Oberon” in London at Tuberkulose. Later smelling pool of broadcasting corporations Wagner those arranged 18 yearsTransfer of the Sarges from weber to Dresden.

works

operas

• “Peter Schmoll and its neighbours “, 1802; Libretto of Josef Türk
• “Silvana “, 1810; Libretto by Franz Karl Hiemer
• “Abu Hassan", 1811; Libretto by Franz Karl Hiemer
• “that free contactor “, 1821; Libretto of Johann Friedrich child
• “Euryanthe “, 1823; Libretto of Helmina of Chézy
• “Oberon or The eleven Kings Oath “, 1826 (dt. Title: “Oberon”); Libretto ofJames Robinson Planché