'''Carl Maria von Weber''' (1786-1826), [[German]] composer, is considered to be the first writer of romantic opera, and the founder of a national German style of opera that would find its greatest expression in the music-dramas of [[Richard Wagner]]. | '''Carl Maria von Weber''' (1786-1826), [[German]] composer, is considered to be the first writer of romantic opera, and the founder of a national German style of opera that would find its greatest expression in the music-dramas of [[Richard Wagner]]. |