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Definition of Fromental Halevy
1. Noun. French operatic composer (1799-1862).
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Literary usage of Fromental Halevy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Musical World (1866)
"A brass lyre decorates the last dwelling-place of him who was the first master
of Fromental Halevy. Like the author of La Juive, ..."
2. Biographical Sketches of Eminent Musical Composers by Levina Buoncuore Urbino (1876)
"Fromental Halevy belonged to that Israelitish race, which, but recently emancipated,
has rapidly taken prominent places in arts and sciences. ..."
3. Great Italian and French Composers, Palestrina to Massenet by George Titus Ferris (1895)
"Fromental Halevy, a scion of the Hebrew race, which has furnished so many geniuses
to the art world, left a deep impress on his times, not simply by his ..."
4. Musical Composers and Their Works: For the Use of Schools and Students in Music by Henrietta Keddie (1887)
"Jaques Fromental Halevy, born in Paris in 1799, a pupil of Cherubini, is best
known by his opera of ..."
5. Justice to the Jew: The Story of what He Has Done for the World by Madison Clinton Peters (1899)
"... Jacques Francois Fromental Halevy (1799- 1862), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1794-1863),
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1882), K. Goldmark (b.1832), and Johann Strauss ..."
6. Memorable Dates of Jewish History by Gotthard Deutsch (1904)
"Jacques Fromental Halevy, famous composer, Paris, d. 1873.—Joseph Salvador,
apologist of Judaism, Paris, d. 1904.—Leopold See, French general, Paris, d. 18. ..."