Carl Maria von Weber Wikipedia. Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber 1. November 1. 78. 6  5 June 1. German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist3 and critic, and was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Webers operas. Der Freischtz, Euryanthe and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantische Oper Romantic opera in Germany. Der Freischtz came to be regarded as the first German nationalist opera, Euryanthe developed the Leitmotif technique to an unprecedented degree, while Oberon may have influenced Mendelssohns music for A Midsummer Nights Dream and, at the same time, revealed Webers lifelong interest in the music of non Western cultures. This interest was first manifested in Webers incidental music for Schillers translation of Gozzis 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 Konzertstck in F minor concert piece, which influenced composers such as Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn. The Konzertstck provided a new model for the one movement concerto in several contrasting sections such as Liszts, who often played the work, and was acknowledged by Stravinsky as the model for his Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra. Webers shorter piano pieces, such as the Invitation to the Dance, were later orchestrated by Berlioz, while his Polacca Brillante was later set for piano and orchestra by Liszt. Webers compositions for clarinet, bassoon, and horn occupy an important place in the musical repertoire. His compositions for the clarinet, which include two concertos, a concertino, a quintet, a duo concertante, and variations on a theme from his opera Silvana, are regularly performed today. Im Dialog zwischen den bedeutenden Stimmen der internationalen Klassikszene und der reichen kulturellen Landschaft der Stadt prsentieren die Dresdner. Overture To Oberon Program Notes' title='Overture To Oberon Program Notes' />His Concertino for Horn and Orchestra requires the performer to simultaneously produce two notes by humming while playinga technique known as multiphonics. His bassoon concerto and the Andante e Rondo ungarese a reworking of a piece originally for viola and orchestra are also popular with bassoonists. Webers contribution to vocal and choral music is also significant. Overture To Oberon Program Notes' title='Overture To Oberon Program Notes' />His body of Catholic religious music was highly popular in 1. Germany, and he composed one of the earliest song cycles, Die Temperamente beim Verluste der Geliebten Four Temperaments on the Loss of a Lover. Weber was also notable as one of the first conductors to conduct without a piano or violin. Webers orchestration has also been highly praised and emulated by later generations of composers Berlioz referred to him several times in his Treatise on Instrumentation while Debussy remarked that the sound of the Weber orchestra was obtained through the scrutiny of the soul of each instrument. His operas influenced the work of later opera composers, especially in Germany, such as Marschner, Meyerbeer and Wagner, as well as several nationalist 1. Glinka. Homage has been paid to Weber by 2. Debussy, Stravinsky, Mahler who completed Webers unfinished comic opera Die drei Pintos and made revisions of Euryanthe and Oberon and Hindemith composer of the popular Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. Discover the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Find upcoming concerts, tickets, music information, educational programs, and more at LAPhil. Abinoni Adam Adams Ades ADES ALBENIZ Albeniz Alfano Andriessen Argento ARRIETA AUBER Auber BACH Bantock BARBER Barber BARBIERI BARTOK Bartok Bartok BEETHOVEN Beethoven. From Recreation to ReCreation New Directions in Parks and Open Space System Planning, Megan Lewis 9780763755706 0763755702 Neoplasms. Weber also wrote music journalism and was interested in folksong, and learned lithography to engrave his own works. ChildhoodeditWeber was born in Eutin, Bishopric of Lbeck, the eldest of the three children of Franz Anton von Weber de and his second wife, Genovefa Weber, a Viennese singer. The von was an affectation Franz Anton von Weber was not actually an aristocrat. Both his parents were Catholic and originally came from the far south of Germany. Overture To Oberon Program Notes' title='Overture To Oberon Program Notes' />Franz Anton began his career as a military officer in the service of the Duchy of Holstein, and after being fired, went on to hold a number of musical directorships. In 1. 78. 7 Franz Anton went on to Hamburg where he founded a theatrical company. MN0075607.gif' alt='Overture To Oberon Program Notes' title='Overture To Oberon Program Notes' />Franz Antons half brother, Fridolin, married Ccilia Stamm and had four musical daughters, Josepha, Aloysia, Constanze and Sophie, all of whom became notable singers. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart attempted to woo Aloysia, composing several pieces for her. But after she rejected his advances, Mozart went on to marry Constanze. A gifted violinist, Franz Anton had ambitions of turning Carl into a child prodigy like Franzs nephew by marriage, Mozart. Carl was born with a congenital hip disease and did not begin to walk until he was four. But by then, he was already a capable singer and pianist. EducationeditWebers father gave him a comprehensive education, which was however interrupted by the familys constant moves. In 1. 79. 6, Weber continued his musical education in Hildburghausen, where he was instructed by the oboist Johann Peter Heuschkel. On 1. 3 March 1. 79. Webers mother died of tuberculosis. That same year, Weber went to Salzburg to study with Michael Haydn, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn, who agreed to teach Carl free of charge. Later that year, Weber traveled to Munich to study with the singer Johann Evangelist Wallishauser and organist Johann Nepomuk Kalcher. Webers first published work, six fughettas for piano, published in Leipzig. Other compositions of that period, among them a mass, and his first opera, Die Macht der Liebe und des Weins The Power of Love and Wine, are lost but a set of Variations for the Pianoforte was later lithographed by Weber himself, under the guidance of Alois Senefelder, the inventor of the process. In 1. 80. 0, the family moved to Freiberg in Saxony, where Weber, then 1. Das stumme Waldmdchen The Silent Forest Maiden, which was produced at the Freiberg theatre. It was later performed in Vienna, Prague, and Saint Petersburg. The young Weber also began to publish articles as a music critic, for example in the Leipziger Neue Zeitung in 1. In 1. 80. 1, the family returned to Salzburg, where Weber resumed his studies with Michael Haydn. He later continued studying in Vienna with Georg Joseph Vogler, known as Abb Vogler, founder of three important music schools in Mannheim, Stockholm, and Darmstadt another famous pupil of Vogler was Giacomo Meyerbeer, who became a close friend of Weber. Early career 1. 80. In 1. 80. 3, Webers opera, Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn Peter Schmoll and his Neighbors was produced in Augsburg, and gave Weber his first success as a popular composer. Vogler, impressed by his pupils talent, recommended him to the post of Director at the Breslau Opera in 1. Weber sought to reform the Opera by pensioning off older singers, expanding the orchestra, and tackling a more challenging repertoire. His attempts at reform were met with strong resistance from the musicians and the Breslau public. Makalah Etika Keilmuan. He left his post in Breslau in a fit of frustration and from 1. Weber served as private secretary to Duke Ludwig, brother of King Frederick I of Wrttemberg. Webers time in Wrttemberg was plagued with troubles. He fell deeply into debt and had an ill fated affair with Margarethe Lang de, a singer at the opera. Furthermore, Webers father Franz Anton misappropriated a vast quantity of Duke Ludwigs money. Franz Anton and Carl were charged with embezzlement and arrested on 9 February 1. Carl was in the middle of a rehearsal for his opera Silvana when he was arrested and thrown in prison by order of the king. Though no one doubted Carls innocence, King Frederick I had grown tired of the composers pranks.