Other works include Silvana, Abu Hassan, and the orchestral waltz "Invitation to the Dance," but the most famed works, by this student of Michael Haydn, were written during his time as kappelmeister at Dresden and include Euryanthe and Oberon.
He wrote the Bassoon Concerto in F Major and two symphonies, as well as two clarinet concerti for the virtuoso Heinrich Barmann. Though he was a secretary at Frederick I of Wurtemberg's court he ran up so many debts that he was briefly thrown in jail. His early works include The Forestmaiden and Peter Schnoll and his neighbor. Other works include Silvana, Abu Hassan, and the orchestral waltz "Invitation to the Dance," but the most famed works, by this student of Michael Haydn, were written during his time as kappelmeister at Dresden and include Euryanthe and Oberon. FTP identify this creator of Samiel, an evil spirit who tries to corrupt the hunter Max in the opera Der Freischutz.
He wrote the Bassoon Concerto in F Major and two symphonies, as well as two clarinet concerti for the virtuoso Heinrich Barmann.
Carl Maria von Weber