In what ways does Weber's "Der Freischutz" exhibit features typical of early 19th Century Romanticism?
In what ways does Weber’s “Der Freischutz” exhibit features typical of early 19th Century Romanticism? In 1820, Carl Maria von Weber completed work on his first opera, “Der Freischutz”. However, it was not written in the style of traditional Classical opera (such as Mozart’s – to which Weber’s cousin was married – three great masterpieces.). Nevertheless, Beethoven on seeing the score was incredibly encouraging to Weber, and requested further operatic works from the younger composer. It was important to Weber to write the opera in this new style (known as early