Carl Maria’s first teacher was his stepbrother, a pupil of Haydn; his next was Haydn’s composer brother Michael. By 14 Weber had composed his first opera (Das Waldmädchen). By 1811 he had had a ...

At age six she was already enrolled in a conservatory, and by 11 would move from her native Granada to Dresden to study at the Carl Maria von Weber College of Music. At this point, her career takes ...

Weber's relationship with European cities mirrored his life and work. Donald Macleod follows the composer's picaresque journeys around Europe, flitting from city to city.