brilliant violinist and a skilled if not very original composer. Sources Albert Mell. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992). and External links German opera composers Male opera composers 1799 births 1867 deaths Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber German classical violinists Male classical violinists German violinists German male violinists People from Ansbach German male classical composers 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians