Charles Jefferys (11 January 1807 – 9 June 1865, in

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) was an English music publisher and composer of songs.

Career

Jefferys carried on a London music publishing business. In 1854 he won a legal action with Thomas Boosey, respecting

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in Italian operas, after appeal to the

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. He published ''A Book of Beauty for the Queen's Boudoir'', a ''Musical Annual'' (1853, 1854) and seven numbers of ''Jeffery's Musical Journal'' in 1864.F. Boase: ''Modern English Biography'', 6 vols. (1892–1921). He translated

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's opera libretto ''La Esmeralda'' into English in 1856. He wrote the text for ''The Gipsy's Vengeance'', an English version of

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's ''

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'', performed at the

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in 1856, as well as an English version of ''

Luisa Miller ''Luisa Miller'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play ''Kabale und Liebe'' (''Intrigue and Love'') by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller. Verdi's initial idea for ...

'', performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre in 1858. He also wrote the words of several popular songs, including " Rose of Allendale", "Mary of Argyle", and "Jeannett's Farewell to Jeannot", and himself composed "Rose Atherton", "Oh Erin, My Country!", and other songs.J. D. Brown & S. S. Stratton: ''British Musical Biography'' (1897).

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