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Carl Maria von Weber

(1786–1826) Composer Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck

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Carl Maria von Weber was a composer from Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck, best known for Freischütz.

Quick Facts About Carl Maria von Weber

Born: November 18, 1786
Died: June 5, 1826
Nationality: Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck
Profession: Composer
Notable works: Freischütz
Known for: Der Freischütz, Oberon
Spouse: Caroline Weber

About Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic in the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society

Quotes by Carl Maria von Weber

What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Music is love itself - it is the purest,…

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The art of music, rather more daughter than imitator of nature, in her impressive and mysterious language minding and educating us, rouses…

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Delude not yourself with the notion that you may be untrue and uncertain in trifles and in important things the contrary. Trifles…

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Action

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No fate holds more splendour for an artist, than the one which greets his effort with such enthousiasm!

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What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind.

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The hardest thing is to endure the applause of fools, and patiently suffer the booing, while with the bravissimo of the foolish…

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Applause

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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.

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Music is truly love itself, the purest, most ethereal language of the emotions, embodying all their changing colors in every variety of…

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Changing colors

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