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Flotow

[floh-toh]
noun
  1. Frie·drich von [free-drikh fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx fən/, 1812–83, German composer.
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  • Flotow's opera "Alessandro Stradella" also is French in origin.

    The Complete Opera Book

    Gustav Kobb

  • So too has Flotow's comic opera, "Griselda, l'esclave du Camoens."

  • Everyone who knows the story of Flotow's opera will recall that the heroine is horribly bored in the first act.

  • Flotow, in fact, was French in his musical training, and both the plot and score of "Martha" were French in origin.

  • A new and effective touch is given to the old song by Flotow in having the tenor join with the soprano at the close.

British Dictionary definitions for flotow

Flotow

noun
  1. Friedrich von (ˈfriːdrɪç fɔn). 1812–83, German composer of operas, esp Martha (1847)
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