Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (; 2 January 1809 – 8 August 1888) was a German music scholar, voice teacher, and composer. He is best known for his chronological catalog of the works of

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...

. Jähns was born and died in

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. His grave is preserved in the

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''Friedhof I der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde'' (Cemetery No. I of the congregations of

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and New Church) in

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, south of

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* 1809 births 1888 deaths German Romantic composers German music educators Musicians from Berlin 19th-century German classical composers German male classical composers 19th-century German male musicians 19th-century German musicologists Scholars from the Kingdom of Prussia Carl Maria von Weber {{germany-musician-stub

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