Editing Carl Maria von Weber (section)

===Education===
Franz Anton gave Weber a comprehensive education, which was frequently interrupted by the family's moves. In 1796, Weber continued his musical education in [[Hildburghausen]], [[Thuringia]], where he was instructed by the oboist [[Johann Peter Heuschkel]]. After moving to Salzburg in autumn 1797, Weber studied from 1798 with [[Michael Haydn]], younger brother of the better-known [[Joseph Haydn]], who agreed to teach Weber free of charge.

His time in Salzburg was overshadowed by the death of his mother Genovefa, who succumbed to [[tuberculosis]] on 13 March 1798, and that of his one-year-old sister Antonetta on 29 December 1798 in [[Munich]]. After the death of Carl's mother, his paternal aunt Adelaide took over the care of him.

A visit to Joseph Haydn in Vienna, presumably in hope of advanced teaching, was fruitless. In autumn 1798, Weber moved to Munich where he studied singing with [[Giovanni Valesi|Johann Evangelist Wallishauser]] and composing with Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, who supervised Weber's first opera, {{Ill|Die Macht der Liebe und des Weins|lt=''Die Macht der Liebe und des Weins''|de}} (''The Power of Love and Wine''). Like his other compositions of that period, this opera is lost. Six [[fughetta]]s for piano of the twelve-year-old Weber were published in [[Leipzig]].

Weber's musical education was extended by a mastering of [[lithography]] which he learned in the workshop of [[Alois Senefelder]] (the inventor of the process) and [[Franz Gleißner]] (autumn 1799). A set of his ''Variations for the Pianoforte'' was lithographed by Weber himself.

In 1800, the family moved to Freiberg in [[Saxony]], where Weber, then 14 years old, wrote an opera called ''Das stumme Waldmädchen'' (''The Silent Forest Maiden''). It was produced at the Freiberg and [[Chemnitz]] theatres and later in [[Saint Petersburg]] (1804), Vienna (1804/1805) and [[Prague]] (1806). The young Weber also began to publish articles as a music critic, for example in the ''Leipziger Neue Zeitung'' in 1801.

In 1801, the family returned to Salzburg, where Weber resumed his studies with Michael Haydn. Weber composed his third opera ''[[Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn]]'' (''Peter Schmoll and His Neighbours'') of which his teacher approved. After a concert tour in 1802 the Webers returned to Augsburg where it is believed ''Peter Schmoll'' premiered.

In mid 1803, Weber continued his studies in Vienna with Abbé Vogler, founder of important music schools in [[Mannheim]], Stockholm, and [[Darmstadt]]. Another famous pupil of Vogler in Darmstadt was Jakob Meyer Beer, later known as [[Giacomo Meyerbeer]], who became a close friend of Weber. In letters they addressed each other as "brother".{{sfn|Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe – Biographie}}