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Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826

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Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (c. 18 November 1786 – 5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic in the early Romantic period. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper (German Romantic opera). Throughout his youth, his father, Franz Anton, relentlessly moved the family between Hamburg, Salzburg, Freiberg, Augsburg and Vienna. Consequently he studied with many teachers—his father, Johann Peter Heuschkel, Michael Haydn, Giovanni Valesi, Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, and Georg Joseph Vogler—under whose supervision he composed four operas, none of which survive complete. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Maria von Weber is the 56th most popular composer (down from 43rd in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 105th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Composer.

Carl Maria von Weber is best known for his operas, such as Der Freischütz, Euryanthe, and Oberon.

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Among composers, Carl Maria von Weber ranks 56 out of 1,451. Before him are Stefania Turkewich, Vincenzo Bellini, Arnold Schoenberg, Edward Elgar, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Aram Khachaturian. After him are Guillaume Du Fay, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Gounod, Anton Webern, and Erik Satie.

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Among people born in 1786, Carl Maria von Weber ranks 1. After him are William R. King, Christian VIII of Denmark, Ludwig I of Bavaria, François Arago, Wilhelm Grimm, John Vianney, Marie Walewska, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Friedrich Kuhlau, and Davy Crockett. Among people deceased in 1826, Carl Maria von Weber ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. After him are Giuseppe Piazzi, Joseph von Fraunhofer, John VI of Portugal, Philippe Pinel, René Laennec, Joseph Proust, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, and Stamford Raffles.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Maria von Weber ranks 132 out of 7,253. Before him are Willy Brandt (1913), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Pope Clement II (1005), and August Kekulé (1829). After him are Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Novalis (1772), Heinrich Böll (1917), Max Müller (1823), and Erik Erikson (1902).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Carl Maria von Weber ranks 12. Before him are Robert Schumann (1810), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Richard Strauss (1864), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), and Georg Philipp Telemann (1681). After him are Carl Orff (1895), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Hans Zimmer (1957), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Johann Pachelbel (1653), and Heinrich Schütz (1585).

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