biography
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Meyerbeer, Giacomo
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originally Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer
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pronunciation:
[miyerbayer]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1791–1864)
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| biography:
| Operatic composer, born in Berlin, Germany. At seven he played Mozart's D-minor piano concerto in public, and at 15 was received into the house of Abt Vogler at Darmstadt. He attracted attention as a pianist in Vienna, and after studying in Italy produced operas in the new style (Rossini's), which were well received. He lived mostly in Berlin (1824–31), then studied French opera, writing the highly successful Robert le Diable (1831) and Huguenots (1836). He was appointed Kapellmeister at Berlin (1842), and continued to write successfully. |
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