About
Remembered for such popular operas as Oberon, Euryanthe, and Der Freischütz, this Romantic era composer also wrote incidental music, choral works, and piano and clarinet concertos. Also a music critic, he wrote numerous articles on German folk music.
Before Fame
In his early years, he studied under classical composer Michael Haydn. He published his first operatic and piano works when he was just twelve years old.
Trivia
At different points in his career, he served as the director of the Prague and Dresden operas.
Family Life
The son of musician Franz Anton von Weber and vocalist Genovefa Brenner, he grew up with two siblings, one of whom (Fridolin von Weber) had a singer daughter, Constanze, who married the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Associated With
He influenced the work of fellow composer Felix Mendelssohn.
