Definition of Jenny lind

1. Noun. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).

Exact synonyms: Lind, Swedish Nightingale
Generic synonyms: Soprano

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jenny Lind

Jennens
Jenner
Jenner's stain
Jenner-Kay unit
Jennett
Jenni
Jennica
Jennie
Jennifer
Jennilyn
Jenning
Jennings
Jennison
Jenns
Jenny
Jenny Lind
Jenny Wren
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen
Jensen
Jensen's disease
Jensen's sarcoma
Jensenism
Jeopardy
Jepson
Jer.
Jerald
Jeremiah
Jeremias
Jeremy
Jeremy Bentham

Literary usage of Jenny lind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Musical World (1851)
"jenny lind AT LIVERPOOL. (From a Special Reporter.) jenny lind has taken her farewell for a time of England and of Europe. How long it may be ere we listen ..."

2. The Life of Johannes Brahms by Florence May (1905)
"CHAPTER VII 1855-1856 Lower Rhine Festival—Madame jenny lind-Goldschmidt—Edward Hanslick—Brahms as a concert-player—Retirement and study— Frau Schumann in ..."

3. Folio (1884)
"jenny lind. The very name of this gifted woman possesses a musical vibration, ... The mention of "jenny lind" moves within us the highest sentiments ..."

4. Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the by James Parton (1868)
"jenny lind GOLDSCHMIDT. BY JAMES FAETON. THERE are those who think it unjust that we should bestow upon the children of song honors such as are seldom givea ..."

5. Music (1901)
"jenny lind IN ST. LOUIS. BY THEOPHILE PAPIN. About the beginning of 1851 the strain of expectation for Barnum and his Swedish prodigy had begun to relax ..."

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