Friedrich Weber (musician)

Friedrich (Frederic) Weber (5 November 1819 – 16 February 1909) was a German organist and composer.

[1][2][3] Born in Künzelsau, Württemberg, Weber studied music in Stuttgart, and became a teacher at the Pestalozzi-Institut in Worksop (Nottinghamshire) in 1841 after spending a year in Esslingen.

For 52 years, from 1849 to his retirement in 1901, he served as organist at the German Chapel Royal at Saint James´s Palace.

He married in 1851 and died in London in 1909 and is buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery.

As a composer, Weber was primarily active in the area of chamber music.