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1 online resource (754 p.) |
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In his lifetime, the opera composer Fromental Halévy was considered the leader of the French school; his admirers included Wagner, Berlioz, and later Mahler. Today, he is chiefly remembered for his grand tragic opera La Juive (1835). Halévy, a native of Paris, was active when the French capital was at the centre of the operatic world. His 30 operas worked within established genres of grand opéra and opéra-comique, and many of them attained considerable popularity across Europe and the wider world (such as La Reine de Chypre 1841, Charles VI 1843, Les Mousquetaires de la reine 1846, and Le Val |
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Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Halévy, F., 1799-1862.
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| SUBJECT |
Halévy, F., 1799-1862 fast |
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Composers -- France
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Opera -- France -- 19th century
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Operas -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Operas -- Reviews
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Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900).
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Opera.
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Theory of music & musicology.
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Composers
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Opera
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Operas
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France
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Reviews
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Stories, plots, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Fuller, Nicholas Lester
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| ISBN |
1527568768 |
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9781527568761 |
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