Background
Wolfram was born in Dobřany in Bohemia.
Wolfram was born in Dobřany in Bohemia.
He first studied philosophy at the Karls-Universität in Prague, but also harmony with Leopold Kozeluch.
He went to Vienna to study piano under Joseph Drechsler and taught music there from 1811. Quitting music as a profession in 1813, he became a government official at Theusing, and eventually worked his way up to the mayor of Teplice in 1824. He wrote several operas which became popular.
Such was the popularity of his opera Alfred that when a replacement for Carl Maria von Weber in the position of kapellmeister was needed, Wolfram was among those contemplated.
He died in Teplice.