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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s, 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 '' Il trovatore'', performed at the

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

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'', performed at

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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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