The book Portraits And Silhouettes of Musicians was written by author Bellaigue, Camille, 1858-1930 Here you can read free online of Portraits And Silhouettes of Musicians book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Portraits And Silhouettes of Musicians a good or bad book?
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He may trans- port his dramas from the French to the Italian, and change prose into verse, turning the tragic into the comic, adding or subtracting from the rôle, according to the will of the director. . . . "He may lend to his piece, as accessories, prisons, poignards, poisons, letters, bear-hunts, bull-fights, earthquakes, arrows, sacrifices, etc., in order that the public may be well stirred up by such novel spectacles. ..." Passing from the poet to the composer, Mar* cello treats them no le...ss severely : — " The modern maestro should cut short the sense of the words, especially in the great airs, letting the artist separate any one verse from its fellows, — though in itself alone it may have no meaning, —and immediately after it intro- Marcello. 115 ducing a long flourish for violins or violas. . . . He shall accelerate or retard the movement of an air, according to the caprice of the singers, and shall hide the dissatisfaction which their insolence causes him by telling them that his reputation, his credit, and his interests are in their hands, and that therefore he must alter, without demur, airs^ recitatives, sharps, flats, or naturals.
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