Flotow

[ floh-toh ]

/ ˈfloʊ toʊ /

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noun

Frie·drich von

[free-drikh fuhn], /ˈfri drɪx fən/, 1812–83, German composer.

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Example sentences from the Web for Flotow

She received instruction from Flotow at first, doing more valuable work afterward with Saint-Saëns.
Woman's Work in Music|Arthur Elson
Flotow's best claim to distinction lies in this opera of "Martha."
Operas Every Child Should Know|Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
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."
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb

The list of the season was made up chiefly of works of the calibre of Flotow's "Martha," then in the height of its popularity.
Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas|W. J. Henderson

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Flotow

/ (German ˈfloːto) /

noun

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

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