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The plot of La Juive (The Jewish Woman), an opera in five acts, centered around a romance between a Jewish woman and a Christian man. It was one of the most popular operas of the nineteenth century.
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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1835
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At the beginning of the present century a whole constellation of Jewish composers and musicians studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under the beneficial influence of Rimski…
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Moisei Beregovskii
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1962
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Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) is an opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1827 and 1831. One of the first grand operas, it caused a sensation when it debuted at the Paris…
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1831
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Dedication to My Dearly Beloved Grandfather, Reb Mendalle Mocher Sephorim
To my dear grandfather, greetings!
Stempenyu, my first long novel, which I inscribe to you, is yours; not only because I have…
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Sholem Aleichem
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Kiev, Russian Empire
(Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1886
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1841
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O you paragon of glory and grace, listen to the call of Papos and his cry! He is bellowing like a bull, braying at you like a donkey, for you are his cow and his she-ass. His heart is already parched…
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Immanuel Frances
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17th Century
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She: I can’t hide it anymore
I’ll reveal my bitter, heavy heart
I can’t even wait till tomorrow
Because oh does it smart!
He…
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Yehudah Leib Cahan
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New York, United States of America
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1912
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The book’s name: This book [Song of Songs] is called a “song,” a noun bearing several meanings. First, it denotes music, as in the verse: all the daughters of song (Ecclesiastes 12:4), which means…
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Yoḥanan Alemanno
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ca. 1500