biography
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Flotow, Friedrich, Freiherr von (Baron)
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pronunciation:
[flohtoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1812–83)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Teutendorf, NE Germany. He studied music in Paris, and made his reputation with Le Naufrage de la Méduse (1839, The Wreck of the Medusa), Stradella (1844), and especially Martha (1847). From 1856 to 1863 he was director of the theatre at Schwerin. |
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