Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, and was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Weber's operas Der FreischĆ¼tz, Euryanthe, and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantic opera in Germany. Der FreischĆ¼tz came to be regarded as the first German "nationalist" opera, Euryanthe developed the Leitmotif technique to an unprecedented degree, while Oberon may have influenced Menā¦
