Wolf - Weber: Der Freischutz Arrangirt In Harmoniemusik [CD] Lemon Records Uk UPC: 5060767441404

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for it's share

Trying to eke the light out after what felt like darkness for ages

later becoming the first emigrant to receive the country's Citizen of the Year award

Wolf - Weber: Der Freischutz Arrangirt In Harmoniemusik [CD] Lemon Records Uk UPC: 5060767441404Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischtz has enjoyed continuous success since it's premiere in June 1821 and rapidly became one of the models for German Romantic opera. In accordance with a tradition that goes back to Mozart's time and which was still very much alive during Weber's lifetime, many transcriptions were made either of the entire work or of extracts from it. The most important of these was made by Karl Flachs, seemingly as early as 1822, and