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Definition of Swedish Nightingale
1. Noun. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swedish Nightingale
Literary usage of Swedish Nightingale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"The "Swedish nightingale "—the "divine Jenny,"-as she came to be called, as her
powers of song were developed, was born at Stockholm, in 1821, and her taste ..."
2. Reminiscences of the Opera by Benjamin Lumley (1864)
"Season of 1847 (Continued)—Successful course of the Establishment, aided by the
Popularity of the Swedish Nightingale—A new opera by Verdi—Not generally ..."
3. Ten Girls from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser (1912)
"JENNY LIND: The Swedish Nightingale IN the City of Stockholm there is one street
leading up to the Church of St. Jacob, on which in years gone by there was ..."
4. Women of History: The Lives of Women who in All Ages, All Lands and in All by Willis John Abbot (1913)
"... JENNY LIND (1821-1887) "THE Swedish Nightingale" JENNY LIND was born to poverty
and obscurity; she achieved wealth and world-wide fame. ..."
5. Toronto "called Back", from 1886-1850: Its Wonderful Growth and Grogress by Conyngham Crawford Taylor (1886)
"THE " Swedish Nightingale " AT WASHINGTON IN 1853. The immense National Hall was
crowded to its utmost capacity, notwithstanding big prices and inclement ..."
6. Toronto "called Back", from 1886-1850: Its Wonderful Growth and Grogress by Conyngham Crawford Taylor (1886)
"THE " Swedish Nightingale " AT WASHINGTON IN 1853. The immense National Hall was
crowded to its utmost capacity, notwithstanding big prices and inclement ..."
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