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Offenbach, Jacques (sh) and veil(1) (iou)


Offenbach, Jacques (sh)




orig. Jacob Offenbach

born June 20, 1819, Cologne
died Oct. 5, 1880, Paris, France

German-born French composer.

Son of a cantor, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire but had to leave for lack of funds. He first wrote theatre Music as conductor of the Theatre-Fran?ais (from 1850); in 1855 he opened his own theatre, Bouffes-Parisiens, for which he wrote many celebrated one-act works. He began Writing longer operettas and had a string of hits, including Orpheus in the Underworld (1858), La Belle Helene (1864), La Vie Parisienne (1866), and The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (1867). Offenbach is credited with Writing in a fluent, elegant style and with a highly developed sense of both characterization and satire. He spent his last three years on his only grand opera, The Tales of Hoffmann, which remained unfinished at his death and was first produced in 1881.


veil(1) (iou)



veil noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman veil(e) = Old French voil(e) (mod. voile) masc. veil, fem. sail, from Latin vela pl. sails and velum sing. sail, curtain, veil. See also VELE.]
1. A piece of linen or Other fabric forming part of a nun's head-dress, and worn so as to drape the head and shoulders. ME.
take the veil become a nun; enter a convent or nunnery. the veil the life of a nun.
2. A piece of thin, light, or transparent fabric (now usu. attached to a hat or Other head-dress) worn, esp. by women, over the head or face for concealment or to protect the face from the sun, dust, etc. ME.
C. G. Seligman In this veil the men live and sleep. Atlantic Her navy hat with velvet band And net veil down.
b. Roman Catholic Church. = humeral veil s.v. HUMERAL 3. L18.
3. A piece of cloth serving as a curtain, awning, or hanging; spec. (a) Jewish Antiquities the piece of precious cloth separating the sanctuary from the body of the Temple or the Tabernacle; (b) Ecclesiastical a curtain hung between the altar and the choir, esp. during Lent (now only in the Orthodox Church). ME.
behind the veil, beyond the veil, within the veil in the unknown state of being after death.
4. A piece of silk or Other fabric used as a covering, spec. (Ecclesiastical) to drape a crucifix, picture, etc., esp. during Lent, or to cover the chalice. LME.
5. fig. A thing which conceals, covers, or hides; a disguise, an obscuring medium or influence; a pretext. Also foll. by of. LME.
cast a veil over, draw a veil over, throw a veil over hide or conceal, avoid discussing or dealing with, keep from public knowledge.
J. C. Powys The valley..covered with an undulating veil of blue-purple mist. T. Benn Preparations must be kept behind the tightest veil of secrecy. G. Naylor The poison of reality..scraped the veil from her eyes.
6. a. A slight tinge or colouring. rare. Only in M17.
b. Music. A slight lack of clarity in the voice. L19.
c. Photography. Slight fogging. L19.
7. Biology. A membranous covering or structure. Freq. in Mycology, a membrane which is attached to the immature fruiting body of certain types of agaric and ruptures in the course of development, either (more fully universal veil) one enclosing the whole fruiting body, or (more fully partial veil) one joining the edges of the pileus to the stalk. M18.
b. = CAUL noun1 3c. dial. M19.
veilless [-l-l-] adjective (a) having no veil; unprotected by a veil; (b) transf. unshaded, unclouded: E19.