Heinrich Marschner
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German composer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Heinrich August Marschner 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 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 , Leipzig , and the Court Theatre at Hanover , where the opera Hans Heiling established his name among the leading German opera composers of the time. He died in Hanover.
