Some Musicians of Former Days
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(sur ma fille !) une main crimi- nelle. . . .
Air: Non, je ne I'aurai point amenee au supplice, Ou vous jerez aux Grecs un double sacrifice ! . . . etc." Can one not already hear what Gluck^would make of it ?
But Diderot was not the only one to draw the future reformer's attention to the subject of I phi- genie en Aulide. The same year, in May 1757, the Mercure de France published count Algarotti's 1 " Musices seminarium accentus. Accent is the nursery of melody," says Diderot, in Le Neveu de R...ameau.
280 SOME MUSICIANS OF FORMER DAYS Essai sur I 'Opera, 1 in which this great artist, who was acquainted with Voltaire and the Encyclopae- dists, had included the poem of Iphigenie en Aulide to illustrate the principles in his treatise, 2 which, as M. Charles Malherbe has remarked, 3 are identical with those expounded by Gluck in his preface to Alce&te.
It is more than likely that Gluck knew Algarotti's book. It is also possible that he knew the passage that I have just quoted from Diderot.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
(sur ma fille !) une main crimi- nelle. . . .
Air: Non, je ne I'aurai point amenee au supplice, Ou vous jerez aux Grecs un double sacrifice ! . . . etc." Can one not already hear what Gluck^would make of it ?
But Diderot was not the only one to draw the future reformer's attention to the subject of I phi- genie en Aulide. The same year, in May 1757, the Mercure de France published count Algarotti's 1 " Musices seminarium accentus. Accent is the nursery of melody," says Diderot, in Le Neveu de R...ameau.
280 SOME MUSICIANS OF FORMER DAYS Essai sur I 'Opera, 1 in which this great artist, who was acquainted with Voltaire and the Encyclopae- dists, had included the poem of Iphigenie en Aulide to illustrate the principles in his treatise, 2 which, as M. Charles Malherbe has remarked, 3 are identical with those expounded by Gluck in his preface to Alce&te.
It is more than likely that Gluck knew Algarotti's book. It is also possible that he knew the passage that I have just quoted from Diderot.
What to read after Some Musicians of Former Days?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Rolland Romain to read onlineMoreLess
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