Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Museum, Music composer museum in Dresden, Germany.
The Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Museum occupies a single-family house from the early 1800s and contains musical scores, letters, and period furniture throughout its rooms. The spaces show how a composer of that era arranged his home and organized his daily life.
The composer lived from 1786 to 1826 and played a central role in developing German opera during the Romantic era. His influence shaped later composers and left a lasting mark on the course of European music.
The museum reveals the personality and daily life of a major composer through letters and personal objects that shaped his artistic vision. Visitors gain insight into how a Romantic era artist thought and lived beyond his work at the piano.
The museum is at Dresdner Straße 44 in Hosterwitz, about one kilometre north of Schloss Pillnitz, near the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Schlossmuseum. Its exhibitions are closed until probably 2028 for heritage-compliant restoration, so check before travelling. Concerts have traditionally been held in the small hall and, in summer, in the garden.
The house is the only surviving home of Carl Maria von Weber. He rented it from the vine-grower Gottfried Felsner and spent the summers of 1818, 1819 and 1822 to 1824 there. In 1826, while his wife Caroline was staying here with their sons, she received news of his death in London.
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