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(JAKOB LIEBMANN BEER), 1791-1864. Composer whose fame, though a German Jew, rests on his French operas. His musical education was German; his first three operas were German, but failed to make a mark. Discouraged, he resolved to devote himself to the pianoforte. In Vienna Salieri advised him to study opera writing in Italy, where he won succe with six operas 1815-24. Until 1830 M. remained inactive in Germany, then went to Paris, where he won phenomenal triumphs with Robert le Diable, 1831, Les Huguenots, 1836, Le Prophète, 1849, Le Pardon de Ploërmel (better known as Dinorah ), 1859, and l'Africaine, 1865. The last was begun 1838. In 1842 he was called to Berlin as Musical Director, and there composed Das Feldlager in Schlesien, produced 1844, much of the music of which he afterward introduced in L'Étoile du Nord. editor. IMG:content-1351.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small]