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Because prose is far removed from art, it is unsuited to Mp3 Music, despite the fact that this

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:06:54 +0000

Because prose is far removed from art, it is unsuited to Mp3 Music, despite the fact that this ill-assorted union is fashionable to-day? In poetry there has been an effort to make it so artistic that form alone is considered and verse is written which is entirely without sense. But that is a fad which can"t last long.

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They had no doubts about what awaited them

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:06:57 +0000

They had no doubts about what awaited them. Both really loved Mp3 Music and little by little they fell under the spell. Serious attention succeeded the false friendliness. At the end they were enthusiastic. Carvalho declared that he would have the study of the work begun as soon as possible; it was a masterpiece; it would have a great success, but to assure this success, Madame Carvalho must sing the principal part.

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'Your childhood,' Gounod once told me, 'wasn"t Mp3 Musical

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:07:00 +0000

'Your childhood,' Gounod once told me, 'wasn"t Mp3 Musical.' He was wrong, for he did not know the many tokens of my childhood. Many of my attempts are unfinished–to say nothing of those I destroyed–but among them are songs, choruses, cantatas, and overtures, none of which will ever see the light. Oblivion will enshroud these gropings after effect, for they are of no interest to the public. Among these scribblings I have found some notes written in pencil when I was four. The date on them leaves no doubt about the time of their production.

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Queen Victoria did me the honor to receive me twice at Windsor Castle, and Queen Alexandra paid me

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:07:02 +0000

Queen Victoria did me the honor to receive me twice at Windsor Castle, and Queen Alexandra paid me the same honor at Buckingham Palace in London. The first time I saw Queen Victoria I was presented to her by the Baroness de Caters. She was the daughter of Lablache and had one of the most beautiful voices and the greatest talent that I have ever known. This charming woman had been left a widow and so she became an artist, appearing in concerts and giving singing lessons. At the time of which I speak she was teaching Princess Beatrice, now the mother-in-law of the King of Spain. In all the glory of the freshness of youth, the Princess was endowed with a charming voice which the Baroness guided perfectly. The Princess received Madame de Caters and myself with a gracefulness which was increased by her unusual bashfulness. Her Majesty, in the meantime, was finishing her luncheon. I was somewhat apprehensive through having heard of the coldness which the Queen affected at this sort of audience, so I was more than surprised when she came in with both hands extended to take mine and when she addressed me with real cordiality. She was very fond of Baroness de Caters and that was the secret of the reception which put me at my ease at once.

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Madame Malten was Armide, and she was everything that could be wished in voice, talent, style,

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:18:05 +0000

Madame Malten was Armide, and she was everything that could be wished in voice, talent, style, beauty and charm. She spoke French without an accent and was as remarkable as an actress as a singer, so she would without doubt have had great success at the Opera in Paris. She was Armide herself, an irresistible enchantress.

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I once attended a course he gave in these subjects

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:07:02 +0000

I once attended a course he gave in these subjects. He stated highly illuminating truths and gave the psychological reasons for accents and the physiological reasons for the gestures. He determined the use of gestures in some sort of scientific way. Mystic fancies were mixed up in these questions.

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As we know, Meyerbeer died suddenly

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:06:53 +0000

As we know, Meyerbeer died suddenly. He realized that he was dying and as he knew how necessary his presence was for a performance of _L"Africanne_ he forbade its appearance. But his prohibition was only verbal as he could no longer write. The public was impatiently awaiting _L"Africanne_, so they went ahead with it.

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He summoned Fetis, Meyerbeer"s enthusiastic admirer, and the three, Fetis, Perrin and du Locle,

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:17:55 +0000

He summoned Fetis, Meyerbeer"s enthusiastic admirer, and the three, Fetis, Perrin and du Locle, managed to evolve the opera we know from the scraps the author had left in disorder. They did not accomplish this, however, without considerable difficulty, without some incoherences, numerous suppressions and even additions. Perrin was the inventor of the wonderful map on which Selika recognized Madagascar. They took the characters there in order to justify the term Africanne applied to the heroine. They also introduced the Brahmin religion to Madagascar in order to avoid moving the characters to India where the fourth act should take place. The first performance was imminent when they found that the work was too long. So they cut out an original ballet where a savage beat a tom-tom, and they cut and fitted together mercilessly. In the last act Selika, alone and dying, should see the paradise of the Brahmins appear as in a vision. But Faure wanted to appear again at the finale, so they had to adapt a bit taken from the third act and suppress the vision. This is the reason why Nelusko succumbs so quickly to the deadly perfume of the poisonous flowers, while Selika resists so long. The riturnello of Selika"s aria, which should be performed with lowered curtain as the queen gazes over the sea and at the departing vessel far away on the horizon, became a vehicle for encores–the last thing that was ever in Meyerbeer"s mind. But the worst was the liberty Fetis took in retouching the orchestration. As a compliment to Adolph Sax he substituted a saxaphone for the bass clarinet which the author indicated. This resulted in the suppression of that part of the aria beginning _O Paradis sorti de l"onde_ as the saxophone did not produce a good effect. Fetis also allowed Perrin to make over a bass solo into a chorus, the Bishop"s Chorus. The great vocal range in this is poorly adapted for a chorus. Some barbarous modulations are certainly apocryphal….

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I was fourteen when Stamaty, my piano teacher, introduced me to Benoist, the teacher of the organ,

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:17:54 +0000

I was fourteen when Stamaty, my piano teacher, introduced me to Benoist, the teacher of the organ, an excellent and charming man, familiarly known as 'Father Benoist.' They put me in front of the keyboard, but I was badly frightened, and the sounds I made were so extraordinary that all the pupils shouted with laughter. I was received at the Conservatoire as an 'auditor.'

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We simply do not know how they played these anthems, masses, and madrigals, in the absence of any

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:07:01 +0000

We simply do not know how they played these anthems, masses, and madrigals, in the absence of any indication of either the time or the emphasis. We find a few directions for expression, as in the first measures of Palestrina"s _Stabat Mater_ but such directions are extremely rare. They are simply the first signs of the dawn of the far-off day of Mp3 Music with expression. Certain learned and well-intentioned persons endeavor to compare this Mp3 Music with ours, and we surprise in some of the modern editions instances of _molto expressivo_ which seem to be good guesses. This exclusively consonant Mp3 Music, in which the intervals of fourths were considered dissonant, while the diminishing fifth was the _diabolus in Mp3 Musica_, ought from its very nature to be antithetical to expression. Nothing in the _Kyrie, in La Messe du Pape Marcel_, gives the impression of a prayer, unless expressive accents, without any real justification, are introduced by main strength.

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