Meyerbeer

[ mahy-er-beer; German mahy-uhr-beyr ]

/ ˈmaɪ ərˌbɪər; German ˈmaɪ ərˌbeɪr /

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noun

Gia·co·mo

[jah-kaw-maw], /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/, Jakob Liebmann Beer, 1791–1864, German composer.

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How to use Meyerbeer in a sentence

His medium of expression was the full modern orchestra, which came after Meyerbeer.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky was familiar with this style of orchestration from the operas of Meyerbeer and Glinka.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Meyerbeer is at present at Paris, and has attended several public as well as private concerts.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
Im a cipher, because Ive had no training, but Ive incomparably more melody and more ideas in me than in Meyerbeer.
Smoke|Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich

In 1811 a still greater excitement disturbed the serenity of Meyerbeer's period of study.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Meyerbeer

Meyerbeer

/ (German ˈmaiərbeːr) /

noun

Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo), real name Jakob Liebmann Beer. 1791–1864, German composer, esp of operas, such as Robert le diable (1831) and Les Huguenots (1836)

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