Carl Maria von Weber composed twenty-four pieces of music for the theatre, twenty of which have been preserved completely or at least in part. The contents of this volume include: Overture and Marches to the drama Turandot by Schiller (WeV F. 1) ? music to The Poor Minnesinger by August von Kotzbue (WeV F. 2) ? music for chorus to [Franz] Grillparzer's Sappho (WeV F. 16) ? Song for The Merchant of Venice [by William Shakespeare] (WeV F. 23). A detailed list of contents can be found on our homepage
