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Halévy
[ a-ley-vee ]
noun
- Fro·men·tal [f, r, aw-mah, n, -, tal], Jacques François Fromental Élie Lévy, 1790–1862, French composer, especially of operas.
- his nephew Lu·do·vic [l, y, -daw-, veek], 1834–1908, French novelist and playwright: librettist in collaboration with Henri Meilhac.
Halévy
/ alevi /
noun
- Halévy(Jacques François) Fromental17991862MFrenchMUSIC: composer ( Jacques François ) Fromental (fromɛ̃tal), original name Elias Levy . 1799–1862, French composer, noted for his operas, which include La Juive (1835)
- HalévyLudovic18341908MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: novelistMUSIC: librettist his nephew, Ludovic (lydɔvik). 1834–1908, French dramatist and novelist, who collaborated with Meilhac on opera libretti
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In fact, Dreyfus mentions that at one point during their school days Halévy refused to speak to Proust for a month.
Most likely composed in November 1888 and dedicated to Halévy.
Halévy went on to a respected career as an historian and editor.
Six years before he had married Geneviève, the daughter of his teacher, the composer Halévy.
Jensen, Zimmern, and Halévy translate "zenith," but Delitzsch questions this.
A single voice, that of M. Halévy, is now raised to combat this opinion.
M. Halévy believes it should be read as the name of the prince Nabou or Nebo.
Halévy, the learned and the popular, would make a blunder if they exchanged styles.
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