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Weber, Carl Maria Von Essay, Research Paper

Weber, Carl Maria von

(1786 – 1826)

Carl Maria von Weber, a cousin of Mozart’s wife Constanze, was trained as a musician from his childhood, the son of a versatile musician who had founded his own travelling theatre company. He made a favourable impression as a pianist and then as a music director, notably in the opera-houses of Prague and Dresden. Here he introduced various reforms and was a pioneer of the craft of conducting without the use of violin or keyboard instrument. As a composer he won a lasting reputation with the first important Romantic German opera, Der Freisch?tz.

Operas

The opera Der Freisch?tz (The Marksman), first staged in Berlin in 1821, blends many of the ingredients typical of German Romanticism, simple peasant virtues mingling with the magic and latent evil of the forest, where the hero’s magic bullets are forged at midnight. The grand heroic-Romantic opera Euryanthe is better known for its overture as is the opera Oberon, written for London in 1826.

Orchestral Music

Weber’s two concertos and the concertino for clarinet were written for the clarinettist Heinrich Baermann. Weber also wrote two piano concertos and a Konzertst?ck for piano and orchestra for his own use, as well as a useful Horn Concertino and Bassoon Concerto. His Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance) is well known in an orchestral version of a work originally written for piano. Recommended Recordings

Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Concertino

Naxos 8.550378

Invitation to the Dance

Naxos 8.550081

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

Polonaise brillante, Op. 72

Konzertst?ck, Op. 79

Naxos 8.550959

Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Dances and Marches from Die Drei Pintos, Turandot & Silvana

Naxos 8.550928

Chamber Music

Weber’s chamber music includes a Clarinet Quintet and a Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano, successors to the concertos and concertino for Baermann. Recommended Recording

Grand Duo Concertant Op. 48

Quintet Op. 34 / Variations Op. Posth & Op. 33

Naxos 8.553122

Piano Music

Aufforderung zum Tanz (Invitation to the Dance) is a charming programme piece following the progress of an invitation to dance, as a young man escorts his partner to the dance-floor and engages in polite conversation. Weber’s other piano compositions include four sonatas for the instrument. Recommended Recordings

Piano Works Vol. 1

Sonata, Op. 24 / Variations Opp. 2 & 40

Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

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