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					Carl Maria von Weber


« Back		The composer Carl Maria von Weber was born 225 years ago in November 1786. We mark this anniversary with a selection of images of the man and his works. Click on any image to order a high-res scan!



1-W27-A1825-1 An 1825 portrait of Carl Maria von Weber by Ferdinand Schimon... akg-images		1-W27-A1825-10 ... and another from 1821 by Caroline Bardua akg-images





1-W27-G1825 An 1825 silhouette of the composer akg-images		1-W27-K1 Weber's wife Caroline (née Brandt), in a wood engraving after a painting by Alexander von Weber, circa 1840 akg-images





1-W27-M1-1850 Weber's birthplace in Eutin in an engraving, circa 1850 akg-images		1-W27-M11-1886 Weber's grave in Dresden, in an 1886 wood engraving akg-images





1-W27-E1844 Nearly twenty years after his death, Weber's body was returned from London to Dresden. Here in a wood engraving, his body arrives in Hamburg, 1844 akg-images		1-W27-N1-1936 An etching by an unknown artist of the abduction of Reiza from a 1936 production of the opera Oberon akg-images





1-W27-N77-1830-2 Six images from different productions of the opera Der Freischütz: an engraving of Act 2, Scene 6, showing Kaspar and Max in the Wolf's Lair akg-images		1-W27-N77-1841-3 The figure of Samiel in an 1841 production at the Opéra in Paris, watercolour by Paul Lormier akg-images / Joseph Martin





1-W27-N77-1870-1 A watercolour from 1870 by Alfred Albert showing a costume design for a dancer akg-images		1-W27-N77-1890 Title page for piano music, a fantasy on Der Freischütz by Edouard Dorn, circa 1890 akg-images





1-W27-N77-1903 A silhouette showing figures from Der Freischütz, 1903 akg-images		1-W27-N77-1993 A scene from a production of Der Freischütz at the Opernhaus in Zurich, directed by Ruth Berghaus akg-images / Niklaus Stauss





1-W27-O34-1815 Weber's handwritten score for the Clarinet Quintet in B-flat Major, 1815 akg-images		5-D2-W1-1987 A photograph of Weber's home in Dresden, 1987 akg-images



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7-L3-Z03-08-06-51 Charles Edward Horn in character as Kaspar in Der Freischütz akg-images / Erich Lessing