Born Eutin, Germany, died London, from tuberculosis. A sick man he came to London to write the English opera Oberon which received an enthusiastic reception at Covent Garden in April 1826.
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Carl Maria von Weber
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Carl Maria von Weber
In this house died Carl Maria von Weber 1826. Placed here by the London Sect...
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