Definition of Meyerbeer

1. Noun. German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864).

Exact synonyms: Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jakob Liebmann Beer
Generic synonyms: Composer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meyerbeer

Mexitil
Meyenburg's complex
Meyenburg's disease
Meyenburg-Altherr-Uehlinger syndrome
Meyer
Meyer's cartilages
Meyer's line
Meyer's reagent
Meyer-Archambault loop
Meyer-Betz disease
Meyer-Betz syndrome
Meyer-Overton rule
Meyer-Overton theory of narcosis
Meyer Guggenheim
Meyerbeer (current term)
Meyerhof
Meyerhof oxidation quotient
Meynert's cell
Meynert's commissure
Meynert's decussation
Meynert's fasciculus
Meynert's layer
Meynert's retroflex bundle
Meänkieli
Mhairi
Mi'kmaq
Mia Maid
Miami
Miami Beach

Literary usage of Meyerbeer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Musical World (1860)
"It is fortunate for art that Meyerbeer had rich parents. ... Meyerbeer. His musical gifts manifested themselves from earliest childhood. ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Meyerbeer, upon the cordial invitation of Vogler, joined this school in Feb. ... Meyerbeer and Weber lived together for nearly two years in the same room, ..."

3. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"We shall soon see him make his appearance as composer and virtuoso at the same time (for Meyerbeer was an exceptional pianist), then promptly abandon his ..."

4. My Musical Life by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1898)
"Crossing to Dieppe, he met the crafty and clever Meyerbeer, who instantly saw the man he had to deal with, and ">!•'. probably conceived in a moment that ..."

5. Great Composers and Their Work by Louis Charles Elson (1898)
"Meyerbeer. Although Wagner has called Meyerbeer "a miserable music-maker," "a Jew banker to whom it occurred to make operas," one cannot dismiss Giacomo ..."

6. The Opera: A Sketch of the Development of Opera : with Full Descriptions of by Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1897)
"... that his last two works—the only two, in fact, which have survived—represent with singular completeness the two influences which affected Meyerbeer ..."

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