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The Making of Music

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Making of Music

A series chronicling the influences that affected the course of classical music

A series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music

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The Making of Music: Series 1: Episode 27: Weber and German Romanticism

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Episode 27: Weber and German Romanticism

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Weber and German Romanticism

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Weber gave German audiences what they wanted - storms and disasters.

Weber gave German audiences what they wanted - storms and disasters. James Naughtie on history shaping classical music.

James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music.

27/30. Weber and German Romanticism

Carl Maria Von Weber gave audiences what they wanted - storms and disasters, wild beasts and blood. Although German unification was a generation away, by drawing on folk tales, Weber wanted to create a German sensibility. 

Read by Simon Russell Beale and Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Series chronicling the influences that affected the course of classical music

Series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music

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