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Definition of Massenet
1. Noun. French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912).
Literary usage of Massenet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"Possibly alone among modern composers could massenet deal with this modern ...
massenet and his librettist departed considerably from the details related by ..."
2. Modern Drama and Opera: Reading Lists on the Works of Various Authors by Clara A. Mulliken Norton, Frank Keller Walter, Fanny Elsie Marquand, Archibald Henderson (1915)
"massenet. (In his Cyclopedia of music and musicians. 1890. v. 2, pp. 534-35. ...
massenet. (In his Critical history of opera. 1901. pp. 330-33. ..."
3. French Music in the XIXth Century by Arthur Hervey (1903)
"CHAPTER XI massenet AND THE MODERN FRENCH OPERA THE composer whose name heads
this chapter, is undoubtedly the most popular representative of modern French ..."
4. The Lure of Music: Depicting the Human Side of Great Composers, with Stories by Olin Downes, Columbia Graphophone Company (U.S.) (1918)
"massenet came of thrifty middle-class parents. He was born at Monteaux, May 12,
1842. Some Tyrolese peasants, singing to his mother before the birth of her ..."
5. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"massenet massenet written. After his death, which took place in Paris on July 5,
1884, ... Even in this first attempt massenet showed himself a skilled and ..."
6. The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by George Putnam Upton (1887)
"... MILE FREDERIC massenet, a composer as yet but little known in this country,
was born at Montaud, France, May 12, 1842. His musical education was ..."
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