Weber and Beethoven
Weber the artistic forerunner of Wagner-Characteristics of "Der Freischütz"-Weber's theory of the lyric drama-Beethoven and his "Fidelio"-Advancement of the overture-Marschner, Conelius, and Goldmark.
MOZART, in "Die Zauberfl?te," had touched upon an element which always appeals to the peculiar na?veté of the German charac