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Apr 30, 2024 · Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Sept. 5, 1791, Tasdorf, near Berlin—died May 2, 1864, Paris) was a German opera composer who established in Paris a vogue for spectacular romantic opera. Born of a wealthy Jewish family, Meyerbeer studied composition in Berlin and later at Darmstadt, where he formed a friendship with C.M. von Weber.
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Jun 27, 2018 · Meyerbeer, Giacomo [ Beer, Jakob Liebmann] ( b Berlin, 1791; d Paris, 1864). Ger. composer who worked mainly in Paris. After receiving legacy from relative named Meyer converted his name into Meyerbeer, 1810. Child prodigy pianist, playing Mozart conc. in Berlin at age 11. His comic opera was a failure in Vienna, where he was urged by Salieri ...
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Meyerbeer was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf, near Berlin, Germany with the name Jacob Liebmann Beer. His father was the enormously wealthy financier Jacob Judah Herz Beer (1769 — 1825) and his much-beloved mother, Amalia Liebmann Meyer Wulff (1767 — 1854) also came from the wealthy elite. Their other children included the astronomer Wilhelm Be...
The vitriolic campaign of Richard Wagner against Meyerbeer (initiated by his anti-Semitism or Judaeophobic article Das Judenthum in der Musik ('Jewry in Music') of 1850 was to a great extent responsible for the decline of Meyerbeer's popularity after his death in 1864. This campaign was as much a matter of personal spite as of racism—Wagner had lea...
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, Heinz Becker, and Gundrun Becher. Giacomo Meyerbeer, a life in letters. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1989. ISBN 0-931-34019-5Schonberg, Harold, C. The lives of the great composers. NY: W.W. Norton, 1997. ISBN 0-393-03857-2Tellier, Robert Ignatius Le. The operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-838-64093-1Becker, Heinz and Gudrun (1989). Giacomo Meyerbeer, a Life in Letters.Zimmermann, Reiner (1998). Giacomo Meyerbeer, eine Biographie nach Dokumenten.Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1999-2004). The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer.Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1960 -). Briefwechsel und Tagebücher.All links retrieved June 21, 2017. 1. Meyerbeer cylinder recordingsFrom the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
Jul 26, 2021 · When Richard Wagner was a fledgling opera composer in the 1840s, he sought help from the reigning maestro of the day: a German Jew named Giacomo Meyerbeer, whose operas were all the rage in France. Meyerbeer took a keen interest in the then-unknown German, which helped propel him to success. Yet the protégé eventually turned against his ...
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I’ve written two articles on Meyerbeer for MusicWeb International: “Meyerbeer: From Berlin to India” (discussing Vasco da Gama): “Giacomo Meyerbeer: A Listening Guide” Robert Ignatius Letellier is the Meyerbeer expert in English. Meyerbeer Studies: A Series of Lectures, Essays, and Articles on the Life and Work of Giacomo Meyerbeer ...
Aug 25, 2015 · Aug. 25, 2015. BERLIN — When Giacomo Meyerbeer died during rehearsals of his last opera, “L’Africaine,” in 1863, his style of music drama served as a model across Europe. But a combination ...
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera 'decisive character'.
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