Christoph Ernst Friedrich [Christoph] Weyse (05/03/1774 - 08/10/1842), a German/Danish composer, He was born in Altona, Hamburg, Germany (the area was Danish at the time) and died: October 8, 1842, Copenhagen, Denmark. Buried: Gråbrødre Kirkegård, Roskilde, Denmark. Weyse moved to Copenhagen at age 16, and studied music and organ. He was the organist at Vor Frue Church in Copenhagen until his death, and was named court composer in 1819.