Heinrich Marschner

Heinrich August Marschner (16 August 1795 – 14 December 1861) 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. Biography Marschner was born in Zittau, in southeastern Saxony, and was originally intended for a legal career. After a meeting with Beethoven around 1815–16, he decided to devote himself to music and became a private music teacher in Bratislava. From 1821 he worked as a stage composer and conductor at the municipal theatres in Dresden (from 1821), Leipzig (from 1827), and the Court Theatre at Hanover (from 1830), where the opera Hans Heiling (1833) established his name among the leading German opera composers of the time. He died in Hanover. Legacy Marschner was widely regarded as one of the most important composers in Europe from about 1830 until the end of the 19th century. Marschner did not just toss off these works as an afterthought, but clearly devoted considerable time and effort to writing them. He gave the title “Grand Trio” to each of his works for piano, violin and cello, indicative of the importance he attached to them. In these pieces, one finds all of the emotions pr