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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse
Person · male · Kingdom of Denmark · Altona · born 1774 · died 1842 · recording since 1994
Danish composer
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Also known as C.E.F. Weyse · 克里斯托弗·欧内斯特·弗里德里希·韦瑟
Timeline
11 events✦ Award 4▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1770s
1810s
1820s
1840s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
Biography
English biography225 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1281267073
Biography
Christoph(er) Ernst Friedrich Weyse (5 March 1774 – 8 October 1842) was a Danish composer during the Danish Golden Age.
Biography
Weyse was born at Altona in Holstein, which was in a personal union with Denmark. He gained much interest in music in his hometown and Hamburg, where C. P. E. Bach was the municipal director of music. At age fifteen (1789), Weyse was sent to live with his uncle in Copenhagen to be educated, and lived there for the rest of his life. While in Copenhagen, he studied music with Johann Abraham Peter Schulz. Schulz helped Weyse get an unpaid internship at the Reformed Church in Copenhagen. In 1794, he was appointed organist at the same church following the former organist's death. He later served in the same post at the Vor Frue Kirke after 1805. In 1819, he was appointed court composer. He died in Copenhagen.
Cantatas
Unlike Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas, Weyse's cantatas were designed to be played after the service, rather than used as liturgical music during the service.
His Easter Cantata No. 1, Hil dig, hil dig, livets morgenrøde, was written in 1836 and its words are based on works by poet Thomas Thaarup. The work premiered on 22 April in Trinitatis Church.
Singspiel
Sovedrikken (1809)
Faruk (1812)
Ludlams Hule (1816)
Floribella (1825)
Et Eventyr i Rosenborg Have (1827)
Festen på Kenilworth (1836)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -152 | 4.1th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:06:47
1Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, DF 117: I. Allegro con spirito5:422Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, DF 117: II. Minuetto5:333Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, DF 117: III. Andante4:414Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, DF 117: IV. Vivace5:085Symphony No. 2 in C Major, DF 118: I. Allegro con brio5:266Symphony No. 2 in C Major, DF 118: II. Adagio8:167Symphony No. 2 in C Major, DF 118: III. Minuetto4:378Symphony No. 2 in C Major, DF 118: IV. Finale4:499Symphony No. 3 in D Major, DF 119: I. Allegro con brio5:4710Symphony No. 3 in D Major, DF 119: II. Andante maestoso7:0111Symphony No. 3 in D Major, DF 119: III. Minuetto4:2512Symphony No. 3 in D Major, DF 119: IV. Allegretto5:221995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 56:31
1Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, DF 120: I. Grave - Allegro6:172Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, DF 120: II. Largo7:473Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, DF 120: III. Minuetto6:144Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, DF 120: IV. Allegro moderato e con energia6:535Symphony No. 5 in E‐Flat Major, DF 121: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio10:046Symphony No. 5 in E‐Flat Major, DF 121: II. Andante7:457Symphony No. 5 in E‐Flat Major, DF 121: III. Minuetto5:008Symphony No. 5 in E‐Flat Major, DF 121: IV. Allegro con spirito6:311995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 54:20
1Symphony No. 6 in C Minor, DF 122: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio8:372Symphony No. 6 in C Minor, DF 122: II. Largo7:003Symphony No. 6 in C Minor, DF 122: III. Minuetto5:004Symphony No. 6 in C Minor, DF 122: IV. Vivace5:015Symphony No. 7 in E‐Flat Major, DF 123: I. Allegro7:476Symphony No. 7 in E‐Flat Major, DF 123: II. Andante9:067Symphony No. 7 in E‐Flat Major, DF 123: III. Minuetto5:058Symphony No. 7 in E‐Flat Major, DF 123: IV. Finale, Allegro6:442001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 56:57
1Symphony No.1 In G Minor, DF 117: I. Allegro Con Spirito7:552Symphony No.1 In G Minor, DF 117: II. Minuetto - Trio5:283Symphony No.1 In G Minor, DF 117: III. Andante7:384Symphony No.1 In G Minor, DF 117: IV. Vivace5:085Symphony No.7 In E Flat Major, DF 123: I. Allegro10:366Symphony No.7 In E Flat Major, DF 123: II. Andante8:157Symphony No.7 In E Flat Major, DF 123: III. Minuetto - Trio5:028Symphony No.7 In E Flat Major, DF 123: IV. Finale: Allegro6:55
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -152 | 4.1th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1816 | Professor | won | |
| 1816 | Professor | won | |
| 1829 | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog | won | |
| 1829 | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog | won | |
| 1842 | Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog | won | |
| 1842 | Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog | won | |
| 1842 | honorary doctorate | won | |
| 1842 | honorary doctorate | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weyse_by_B%C3%A6rentzen.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1872525d-7ed6-4cc8-802c-62f368e6d219discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1872525d-7ed6-4cc8-802c-62f368e6d219core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707924genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707924seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Ernst_Friedrich_Weysebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Ernst_Friedrich_Weyse
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
- List of Danish musicians
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Image: Emil Bærentzen / After Christian Albrecht Jensen · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q707924 · MusicBrainz: 1872525d-7ed6-4cc8-802c-62f368e6d219
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