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Carl Maria von Weber

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Profession
Composer
Died
Jun 5, 1826
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
Germany
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.
Family
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.

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