Der Freischütz / Carl Maria von Weber. by Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826

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Overture to Oberon / by Carl Maria von Weber, et al.

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Carl Maria von Weber and the search for a German opera / Stephen C. Meyer. by Meyer, Stephen C., 1963-

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Overtures / Weber. Symphonic metamorphoses on themes of Carl Maria von Weber / Hindemith. by Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826

“…Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber.…”

Mathis der Maler ; Trauermusik ; Symphonic metamorphosis / Hindemith. by Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963

“…Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber.…”

Cardiff Singer of the World 2001 : Episode 4 / BBC.

Table of Contents: “…Natalie Christie: Carl Maria von Weber (4:16);…”
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The Oboe / West Six Media / RC Broome.

Table of Contents: “…History of the Oboe (4:04) -- Jean-Baptiste Lully (1:18) -- Bach and the Oboe (1:56) -- Oboe Construction (2:43) -- Reed Making (2:01) -- The Double Reed Woodwind Family (1:37) -- Mozart's Oboe Quintet (2:11) -- Beethoven's Use of the Oboe (1:26) -- Carl Maria von Weber (2:38) -- Robert Schumann and the Oboe (1:42) -- Richard Wagner and the Oboe (2:59) -- Richard Strauss and the Oboe (2:30)…”
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The Clarinet / West Six Media / RC Broome.

Table of Contents: “…Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" Clarinet Wail (1:43) -- History of the Clarinet (1:58) -- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1:37) -- Clarinet Production (4:32) -- A Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Solo (4:37) -- The Clarinet and Morendo (1:19) -- Spohr's Clarinet Concertos (2:18) -- Johannes Brahms and the Clarinet (2:28) -- Richard Strauss and the Clarinet (1:19) -- Benny Goodman Performs Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (2:13) -- The Clarinet in Jazz Music (1:59)…”
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Paris dances Diaghilev / director, Colin Nears ; producer, Robin Scott.

Table of Contents: “…Petrouchka : comic ballet in four scenes / by Igor Stravinsky and Alexander Benois ; music by Igor Stravinsky ; based on the choreography and production of Michel Fokine (34:48) -- La spectre de la rose / music by Carl Maria von Weber ; orchestrated by Hector Berlioz ; choreography by Michel Fokine (9:52) -- L'après-midi d'un faune / choreographic tableau by Vaslav Nijinsky ; music by Claude Debussy (11:22) -- Noces : Russian wedding in four tableaux / words and music by Igor Stravinsky ; original choreography by Bronislava Nijinska (27:09).…”

A history of opera : milestones and metamorphoses / by Burton D. Fisher. by Fisher, Burton D.

Table of Contents: “…A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses / Opera Classics Library Series; About the Author; A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses: Title Page; Opera Journeys publications; Contents; A Prelude; Chapter One: The Birth of Modern Opera: The First 150 Years -- 1500 to 1750; Chapter two: Handel and Baroque Opera; Chapter three: Gluck: Returning to Ideals; Chapter four: French Baroque Opera: Lully and Rameau; Chapter five: Mozart and the Classical Era; Chapter six: Carl Maria von Weber: German Romanticism; Chapter seven: Rossini and Opera Buffa.…”
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The world's great men of music / Harriette Brower. by Brower, Harriette

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Foreword; The World's Great Men of Music; Palestrina; John Sebastian Bach; George Frederick Handel; Christoph Willibald Gluck; Josef Haydn; Wolfgang Mozart; Ludwig Van Beethoven; Carl Maria Von Weber; Franz Schubert; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; Robert Schumann; Frederic Chopin; Hector Berlioz; Franz Liszt; Giuseppe Verdi; Richard Wagner; César Franck; Johannes Brahms; Edward Grieg; Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky; Edward Macdowell; Claude Achille Debussy; Arturo Toscanini; Leopold Stokowski; Serge Koussevitzky; Also Available.…”
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The infernal comedy : a drama for one actor, two singers, and orchestra / [written and directed by Michael Sturminger ; music by Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Boccherini and Weber].

Table of Contents: “…: scena ed aria from Hélène / Carl Maria von Weber -- Ah, lo previdi : recitativo, aria e cavatina / W.A. …”
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Strauss (Concert) / EuroArts Music International GmbH.

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"Das Doppelglück der Töne wie der Liebe" : Regina Schlick-Strinasacchi (1761-1839) / Gisa Steguweit. by Steguweit, Gisa

Table of Contents: “…Besuch von Madame de Staël in Gotha und WeimarTochter Carolines Bemühen um eine Karriere als Sängerin; Conrad Schlick und die Wiederbelebung der Gothaer Loge 1806; Italienreise mit Prinz Friedrich; Zurück in Gotha; Carl Maria von Weber zu Gast; Musikfest 1812; Sohn Wilhelm das „schwarze Schaf"; „Donna Ruppia"; Hofkapellmeister Andreas Romberg in Gotha; Zwist der Familie Schlick mit Prinz Friedrich; Regina wird Witwe; Endstation Dresden; Nachbemerkungen; Quellen und Literatur; Abbildungsnachweis…”
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The classical music lover's companion to orchestral music / Robert Philip. by Philip, Robert, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Johann Sebastian Bach -- Mily Balakirev -- Samuel Barber -- Béla Bartók -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Hector Berlioz -- Georges Bizet -- Alexander Borodin -- Bohuslav Martinú -- Felix Mendelssohn -- Olivier Messiaen -- Darius Milhaud -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Modest Musorgsky -- Carl Nielsen -- Sergei Prokofiev -- Johannes Brahms -- Benjamin Britten -- Max Bruch -- Anton Bruckner -- Emmanuel Charbrier -- Frédéric Fryderyk Chopin -- Aaron Copland -- Arcangelo Corelli -- Claude Debussy -- Frederick Delius -- Antonin Dvor̆ák -- Edward Elgar -- Manuel de Falla -- Gabriel Fauré -- César Franck -- George Gershwin -- Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka -- Edvard Grieg -- George Frideric Handel / Georg Friedrich HăndelL -- Franz Joseph Haydn -- Paul Hindemith -- Gustav Holst -- Charles Ives -- Leos̆ Janác̆ek -- Franz Liszt -- Gustav Mahler -- Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Maurice Ravel -- Nikolai Rimskykorsakov -- Gioachino Rossini -- Camille Saintsaëns -- Erik Satie -- Arnold Schoenberg -- Franz Schubert -- Robert Schumann -- Alexander Scriabin / Aleksandr Nikolayevich Skryabin -- Dmitri Shostakovich -- Jean Sibelius -- Bedr̆ich Smetana -- Rirchard Strauss -- Igor Stravinsky -- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Michael Tippett -- Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Antonio Vivaldi -- Richard Wagner -- William Walton -- Carl Maria von Weber -- Anton Webern.…”
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The opera lover's companion / Charles Osborne. by Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017

Table of Contents: “…GIUSEPPE VERDIRICHARD WAGNER; CARL MARIA VON WEBER; KURT WEILL; BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN; Index of Titles; General Index…”
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Menahem Pressler : artistry in piano teaching / William Brown. by Brown, William Paul, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Fifteen Johann Sebastian BachSixteen Béla Bartók; Seventeen Ludwig van Beethoven; Eighteen Johannes Brahms; Nineteen Frédéric Chopin; Twenty Claude Debussy; Twenty-One Joseph Haydn; Twenty-Two Franz Liszt; Twenty-Three Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Twenty-Four Serge Prokofiev; Twenty-Five Maurice Ravel; Twenty-Six Franz Schubert; Twenty-Seven Robert Schumann; Twenty-Eight Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Twenty-Nine Carl Maria von Weber; Appendix A. Menahem Pressler's Musical Ancestry; Appendix B. …”
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Center stage : operatic culture and nation building in nineteenth-century Central Europe / Philipp Ther ; translated by Charlotte Hughes-Kreutzmuller. by Ther, Philipp

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Center stage : operatic culture and nation building in nineteenth-century Central Europe / Philipp Ther ; translated by Charlotte Hughes-Kreutzmuller. by Ther, Philipp

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Masterworks of 20th-Century Music : the Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra. by Lee, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…An Orkney Wedding, with SunriseManuel de Falla; Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Suite from El amor brujo; Suites from The Three-Cornered Hat; George Gershwin; Concerto in F; Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Alberto Ginastera; Variaciones concertantes, Opus 23; Dances from Estancia, Opus 8a; Henryk Górecki; Symphony No. 3, Opus 36 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs); Paul Hindemith; Symphony, Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber; Gustav Holst; The Planets, Opus 32; Charles Ives; A Symphony: New England Holidays.…”
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