Definition of Swedish Nightingale

1. Noun. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).

Exact synonyms: Jenny Lind, Lind
Generic synonyms: Soprano

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swedish Nightingale

Swanson
Swanwick
Swarga
Swati
Swatis
Swazi
Swaziland
Swaziland monetary unit
Swede
Sweden
Swedenborg
Swedes
Swedish
Swedish-Canadian
Swedish Nightingale (current term)
Swedish Sign Language
Swedish Vallhund
Swedish iron
Swedish krona
Swedish meatball
Swedish mile
Swedish monetary unit
Swedish rye
Swedish rye bread
Swedishness
Swedophone
Sweeney Todd
Sweet Sixteen

Literary usage of Swedish Nightingale

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

1. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"The "Swedish nightingale "—the "divine Jenny,"-as she came to be called, as her powers of song were developed, was born at Stockholm, in 1821, and her taste ..."

2. Reminiscences of the Opera by Benjamin Lumley (1864)
"Season of 1847 (Continued)—Successful course of the Establishment, aided by the Popularity of the Swedish Nightingale—A new opera by Verdi—Not generally ..."

3. Ten Girls from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser (1912)
"JENNY LIND: The Swedish Nightingale IN the City of Stockholm there is one street leading up to the Church of St. Jacob, on which in years gone by there was ..."

4. Women of History: The Lives of Women who in All Ages, All Lands and in All by Willis John Abbot (1913)
"... JENNY LIND (1821-1887) "THE Swedish Nightingale" JENNY LIND was born to poverty and obscurity; she achieved wealth and world-wide fame. ..."

5. Toronto "called Back", from 1886-1850: Its Wonderful Growth and Grogress by Conyngham Crawford Taylor (1886)
"THE " Swedish Nightingale " AT WASHINGTON IN 1853. The immense National Hall was crowded to its utmost capacity, notwithstanding big prices and inclement ..."

6. Toronto "called Back", from 1886-1850: Its Wonderful Growth and Grogress by Conyngham Crawford Taylor (1886)
"THE " Swedish Nightingale " AT WASHINGTON IN 1853. The immense National Hall was crowded to its utmost capacity, notwithstanding big prices and inclement ..."

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