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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824 edition. Excerpt: ...the first applause, and began to cheer the spirits of the disheartened composer. The air " La Calunnia" was pronounced to be magnificent and original. The Romans were not well acquainted with Mozart in 18)6, or they would have discovered that it was a close imitation of his style and manner, nay, if we may believe some critics., that it was copied from the air "La vendetta," in the "Nozze di Figaro," and other parts of the same illustrious author. This may be the case; but I would also add, that it was thus Raphael copied Michael Angelo's magnificent fresco of the prophet Isaiah, in the church of Santo Agostino, at Rome. After the air of " Basilio," a still stronger want was felt of the native grace and expression of Paisiello. At length, wearied K by the common things at the commencement of the second act, and shocked at what they considered a total absence of expression, the audience would hear no more, and the curtain fell. But, proud as they were of their musical knowledge, the Roman public found, that, by this act of haughtiness and want of dispassionate feeling, they had, as is often the case, been guilty of an act of folly. The matter was canvassed over at leisure, and in their cooler moments they began to see, that if Rossini did not possess some of the merits of Paisiello, that at least he had not that languor of style, which so often proves fatal to works of merit; that, if his airs had not all the finish of the old master, at least they were not separated from each other by such an eternal interval of wearisome recitative; like those little spots of refreshing verdure found amidst the wilderness of sand. On the second night of representation it was extolled to the clouds. The overture gave general satisfaction: it was thought...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230317694
- ISBN 13 9781230317694
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages60
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