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See also:FLOTOW, See also:FRIEDRICH See also:FERDINAND ADOLF VON, FREIHERR (1812-1883) , See also:German composer, was See also:born on his See also:father's See also:estate at Teutendorf, in See also:Mecklenburg, on the 27th of See also:April 1812. Destined originally for the See also:diplomatic profession, his See also:passion for See also:music induced his father . to send him to See also:Paris to study under See also:Reicha. But the outbreak of the revolution in 183o caused his return See also:home, where he busied himself See also:writing chamber-music and operetta until he was able to return to Paris. There he produced See also:Pierre et See also:Catherine, Rob See also:Roy, La Duchesse de See also:Guise, but made his first real success with Le Naufrage de la Meduse at the See also:Renaissance See also:Theatre in 1838. Greater, however, was the success which attended See also:Stradella (1844) and Martha (1847), which made the tour of the See also:world. In 1848 Flotow was again driven home by the Revolution, and in the course of a few years he produced See also:Die Grossfilrstin (185o), See also:Indra (1853), Riibezahl (1854), See also:Hilda (18.55) and Albin (1856). From 1856 to 1863 he was director (See also:Intendant) of the See also:Schwerin See also:opera, but in the latter See also:year he returned to Paris, where in 1869 he produced L' Ombrc. From that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to the date of his See also:death he lived in Paris or on- his estate near See also:Vienna. IIe died on the 24th of
See also:January 1883. Of his See also:concert-music only the Jubelouvertiire is now ever heard. His strength See also:lay in the facility of his melodies.
End of Article: FLOTOW, FRIEDRICH FERDINAND ADOLF VON, FREIHERR (1812-1883)
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