Ooperist 19. sajandil
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 Freischütz.
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lisaks lugeda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Maria_von_Weber#Analysis
Weber elas ajal, mil saksa rahvuslikus ja ühiskondlikus elus oli suur tõus, seoses saksa kodanluse iseteadvuse
ärkamisega. Sellesse aega langes ka saksa rahvuslik-romantilise ooperi kujunemine, mille ees oli palju kasvuraskusi. Saksa ooperil polnud