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Massenet

American  
[mas-uh-ney, masuh-ne] / ˌmæs əˈneɪ, masəˈnɛ /

noun

  1. Jules Émile Frédéric 1842–1912, French composer.


Massenet British  
/ ˈmæsəˌneɪ, masnɛ /

noun

  1. Jules Émile Frédéric (ʒyl emil frederik). 1842–1912, French composer of operas, including Manon (1884), Werther (1892), and Thais (1894)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Williams’ Logan Sergeant also came close to a crash, hitting the inside wall at the fast Massenet left-hander approaching Casino Square.

From BBC May 24, 2024

Morlot led stylish, evocative performances that gave unusual depth and warmth to the Massenet and Honegger works.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

‘Dream With Me’ at the Edye The Sunday Morning Music series continues and includes this intimate program of chamber works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Bernstein, Massenet and Zemlinsky.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2023

“It’s been summer here since spring, every single night,” said Elie Dagher, a manager of La Villa Massenet in Nice.

From Washington Times Jul. 1, 2022

French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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