Heinrich August Marschner was a German composer best known for his operas. He is considered to be the most important composer of German opera between Weber and Wagner.
Heinrich Marschner, lithograph after a drawing by F. A. Jung, c. 1830
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic of the early Romantic period. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper.
Weber in 1821, by Caroline Bardua
Carl Maria von Weber (1814) Painting by Thomas Lawrence
Weber's summer home (1818–1824) near Dresden; the Carl Maria von Weber Museum
Weber's grave in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden