Gluck And the Opera; a Study in Musical History
Gluck And the Opera; a Study in Musical History
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" His invention is, I believe, unequalled by any other composer who now lives, or has ever existed, par- ticularly in dramatic painting and theatrical effects.
He studies a poem a long time before he thinks of setting it. He considers well the relation which each part bears to the whole, the general cast of each character, and aspires more at satisfying the mind than flattering the ear. This is not only being a friend to poetry, but a poet himself; and if he had language suflicient, of any othe...r Idnd than that of sound, in which to express his ideas, I am certain he would be a great poet j as it is, music, in his hands, is a most copious, nervous, elegant, and expressive language. It seldom happens that a single air of his operas can be taken out of its niche and sung singly with much effect ; the whole is a chain, of which a detached, single link is but of small importance.
" If it is possible for the partisans of old French music to hear any other than that of Lully and Rameau with pleasure, it must be M.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" His invention is, I believe, unequalled by any other composer who now lives, or has ever existed, par- ticularly in dramatic painting and theatrical effects.
He studies a poem a long time before he thinks of setting it. He considers well the relation which each part bears to the whole, the general cast of each character, and aspires more at satisfying the mind than flattering the ear. This is not only being a friend to poetry, but a poet himself; and if he had language suflicient, of any othe...r Idnd than that of sound, in which to express his ideas, I am certain he would be a great poet j as it is, music, in his hands, is a most copious, nervous, elegant, and expressive language. It seldom happens that a single air of his operas can be taken out of its niche and sung singly with much effect ; the whole is a chain, of which a detached, single link is but of small importance.
" If it is possible for the partisans of old French music to hear any other than that of Lully and Rameau with pleasure, it must be M.
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