Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse

Christoph(er) Ernst Friedrich Weyse (5 March 1774 Ô[][] 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 H├Âlty. He also composed seven symphonies and numerous pieces for solo piano.