Sound · Music · Original Music Composer
Born Sep 5, 1791 · Tasdorf, Berlin, Prussia [now Germany]
Active 1985–1864 · Awards: Commander of the Legion of Honour, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Pour le Mérite, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight Officer of the Order of the Saxe-Ernestine
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner".