Weber, Carl Maria von (18 November 1786, Eutin; 5 June 1826, London), composer, had no personal contact with France or Paris until he decided to travel to London by way of the French captial in 1826, when he arrived in Paris on 25 February for a stay of only four days after spending the previous two nights in Verdun and Epernay. Some of Weber’s works had been transposed in French versions by François Blaze for purely mercenary reasons and without regard for their creator’s wishes, and the…