Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, painted by Christian Albrecht Jensen

Christoph(er) Ernst Friedrich Weyse (5 March 1774 – 8 October 1842) was a Danish composer.

Weyse was born at Altona, now in German territory, but Danish at the time the composer was born. He studied music with Johann Abraham Peter Schulz in Copenhagen. In 1794, he was appointed organist at the Reformed Church in the city and served in the same post at the Vor Frue Kirke after 1805. In 1819, he was appointed Court composer. He died in Copenhagen.

He was best known for his vocal works, which included numerous singspielen, a setting of the Te Deum and of the Miserere, a cantata, and above all, lieder after poems by Matthias Claudius, Johann Heinrich Voss and Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. He also composed seven symphonies and numerous pieces for solo piano.

Title page of Romancer og Sange (published 1853)

Singspiel

• Sovedrikken (1809)
• Faruk (1812)
• Ludlam's hule (1816)
• Floribella (1825)
• Et eventyr i Rosenborg Have (1827)
• Festen på Kenilworth (1836)

Sources

• Opera Glass

External links

• Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse from the Royal Danish Library

• Free scores by Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Free scores by Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse at the International Music Score Library Project

Persondata
Name	Weyse, Christopher Ernst Friedrich
Alternative names
Short description	Danish composer
Date of birth	5 March 1774
Place of birth	Altona, Hamburg
Date of death	8 October 1842
Place of death	Copenhagen, Denmark