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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Giacomo Meyerbeer (September 5, 1791 – May 2, 1864) was a noted German-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of Grand Opera. Meyerbeer was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf, near Berlin, Germany with the name Jacob Liebmann Beer. His father was the enormously wealthy financier Jacob Judah Herz Beer (1769-1825) and his much-beloved mother, Amalia Liebmann Meyer Wulff (1767-1854) also came from the wealthy elite. Their other children included the astronomer Wilhelm Beer and the poet Michael Beer. Meyerbeer made his debut as a nine-year old playing a Mozart concerto in Berlin. Throughout his youth, although he was determined to become a musician, he found it difficult to decide between playing and composition. Certainly other professionals in the decade 1810-1820, including Moscheles, considered him amongst the greatest virtuosi of his period. In his youth Beer studied with Antonio Salieri and the German master and friend of Goethe, Carl Friedrich Zelter. Realizing, however, that a full understanding of Italian opera was essential for his musical development, he went to study in Italy for some years, during which time he adopted the first name Giacomo. The 'Meyer' in his surname he adopted after the death of his great-grandfather. It was during this time that he became acquainted with, and impressed by, the works of his contemporary Gioacchino Rossini. Meyerbeer's name first became known internationally with his opera Il crociato in Egitto (premiered in Venice in
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L'Africaine / Act 4: "Mi batte il cor... O Paradiso!"
3,5412Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots: Et maintenant je dois offrir - Act Two
2,5433Coronation March
2,3544Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen: XI. Allegretto ma non troppo
1,5045Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen: IXb. Andantino pastorale
1,4516Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen: VIII. Andantino
1,4407L'Africaine / Act 4: "Mi batte il cor...O Paradiso!"
1,1438Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen: III. Allegro furioso
9809Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen: I. Allegretto galante
96010Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen: V. Corps de ballet
944albums
Meyerbeer: Overtures & Stage Music
Les Huguenots
Meyerbeer: Overtures & Entr'actes from the French Operas
MEYERBEER: Etoile du Nord (L')
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Dinorah: Ombra leggera (Arr. for piano)
Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
Les Huguenots (Gli Ugonotti)
Le prophete
Meyerbeer: Le Prophète (Live)
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
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Meyerbeer: Le Prophète, Acte III: No. 15d, Quatrième Air de ballet. Galop (Live)
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Meyerbeer - Grand Opera