FOOTNOTES:[66]Although Weber was born before Rossini (1786) and his period is synchronous with the present chapter, it has been thought best, because of his close connection with the romantic movement in Germany, to treat him in the next chapter.[67]Two measures in the tonic, repeated in the dominant, the whole gone over three times with increasing dynamic emphasis, constituted the famous Rossinicrescendo.[68]The recitatives sung by the character of Christ in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion are so accompanied. Bach likewise wrote out the vocal ornaments of all his arias.[69]Nicolo Isouard is a typical character of the time. He was born on the island of Malta, educated in Paris, showing unusual ability as a pianist, prepared for the navy and established in trade in Naples. Finally against his father’s wishes he became a composer. To spare his family disgrace he wrote under the name of Nicolo. He died in Paris in 1818.[70]Gaetano Rossi (1780-1855), an Italian librettist, quite as prolific as Scribe and as popular as a text-writer among his own countrymen as the latter was in Paris, wrote the book ofSemiramide. Among his texts were: Donizetti’sLinda di ChamounixandMaria Padilla; Guecco’sLa prova d’un opera seria; Mercadante’sIl Giuramento; Rossini’sTancredi; and Meyerbeer’sCrociato in Egitto.[71]Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) was the librettistde modeof the period. Aside from his novels he wrote over a hundred libretti, including Meyerbeer’sRobert,Les Huguenots,Le Prophète, andL’Africaine; Auber’sLa Muette,Fra Diavolo,Le domino noir,Les diamants de la couronne; Halévy’sLa JuiveandManon Lescault; Boieldieu’sDame blanche; and Verdi’sLes vêpres siciliennes.[72]Born, Rouen, 1775; died, near Paris, 1834.[73]When only a boy of eleven he composed pretty airs which thedécolletéesnymphs of the Directory sang between waltzes at the soirées given by Barras, and he survived the fall of the Second Empire.Les pantins de Violette, a charming little score, was given at the Bouffes four days before he died.
FOOTNOTES:[66]Although Weber was born before Rossini (1786) and his period is synchronous with the present chapter, it has been thought best, because of his close connection with the romantic movement in Germany, to treat him in the next chapter.[67]Two measures in the tonic, repeated in the dominant, the whole gone over three times with increasing dynamic emphasis, constituted the famous Rossinicrescendo.[68]The recitatives sung by the character of Christ in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion are so accompanied. Bach likewise wrote out the vocal ornaments of all his arias.[69]Nicolo Isouard is a typical character of the time. He was born on the island of Malta, educated in Paris, showing unusual ability as a pianist, prepared for the navy and established in trade in Naples. Finally against his father’s wishes he became a composer. To spare his family disgrace he wrote under the name of Nicolo. He died in Paris in 1818.[70]Gaetano Rossi (1780-1855), an Italian librettist, quite as prolific as Scribe and as popular as a text-writer among his own countrymen as the latter was in Paris, wrote the book ofSemiramide. Among his texts were: Donizetti’sLinda di ChamounixandMaria Padilla; Guecco’sLa prova d’un opera seria; Mercadante’sIl Giuramento; Rossini’sTancredi; and Meyerbeer’sCrociato in Egitto.[71]Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) was the librettistde modeof the period. Aside from his novels he wrote over a hundred libretti, including Meyerbeer’sRobert,Les Huguenots,Le Prophète, andL’Africaine; Auber’sLa Muette,Fra Diavolo,Le domino noir,Les diamants de la couronne; Halévy’sLa JuiveandManon Lescault; Boieldieu’sDame blanche; and Verdi’sLes vêpres siciliennes.[72]Born, Rouen, 1775; died, near Paris, 1834.[73]When only a boy of eleven he composed pretty airs which thedécolletéesnymphs of the Directory sang between waltzes at the soirées given by Barras, and he survived the fall of the Second Empire.Les pantins de Violette, a charming little score, was given at the Bouffes four days before he died.
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[66]Although Weber was born before Rossini (1786) and his period is synchronous with the present chapter, it has been thought best, because of his close connection with the romantic movement in Germany, to treat him in the next chapter.
[66]Although Weber was born before Rossini (1786) and his period is synchronous with the present chapter, it has been thought best, because of his close connection with the romantic movement in Germany, to treat him in the next chapter.
[67]Two measures in the tonic, repeated in the dominant, the whole gone over three times with increasing dynamic emphasis, constituted the famous Rossinicrescendo.
[67]Two measures in the tonic, repeated in the dominant, the whole gone over three times with increasing dynamic emphasis, constituted the famous Rossinicrescendo.
[68]The recitatives sung by the character of Christ in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion are so accompanied. Bach likewise wrote out the vocal ornaments of all his arias.
[68]The recitatives sung by the character of Christ in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion are so accompanied. Bach likewise wrote out the vocal ornaments of all his arias.
[69]Nicolo Isouard is a typical character of the time. He was born on the island of Malta, educated in Paris, showing unusual ability as a pianist, prepared for the navy and established in trade in Naples. Finally against his father’s wishes he became a composer. To spare his family disgrace he wrote under the name of Nicolo. He died in Paris in 1818.
[69]Nicolo Isouard is a typical character of the time. He was born on the island of Malta, educated in Paris, showing unusual ability as a pianist, prepared for the navy and established in trade in Naples. Finally against his father’s wishes he became a composer. To spare his family disgrace he wrote under the name of Nicolo. He died in Paris in 1818.
[70]Gaetano Rossi (1780-1855), an Italian librettist, quite as prolific as Scribe and as popular as a text-writer among his own countrymen as the latter was in Paris, wrote the book ofSemiramide. Among his texts were: Donizetti’sLinda di ChamounixandMaria Padilla; Guecco’sLa prova d’un opera seria; Mercadante’sIl Giuramento; Rossini’sTancredi; and Meyerbeer’sCrociato in Egitto.
[70]Gaetano Rossi (1780-1855), an Italian librettist, quite as prolific as Scribe and as popular as a text-writer among his own countrymen as the latter was in Paris, wrote the book ofSemiramide. Among his texts were: Donizetti’sLinda di ChamounixandMaria Padilla; Guecco’sLa prova d’un opera seria; Mercadante’sIl Giuramento; Rossini’sTancredi; and Meyerbeer’sCrociato in Egitto.
[71]Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) was the librettistde modeof the period. Aside from his novels he wrote over a hundred libretti, including Meyerbeer’sRobert,Les Huguenots,Le Prophète, andL’Africaine; Auber’sLa Muette,Fra Diavolo,Le domino noir,Les diamants de la couronne; Halévy’sLa JuiveandManon Lescault; Boieldieu’sDame blanche; and Verdi’sLes vêpres siciliennes.
[71]Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) was the librettistde modeof the period. Aside from his novels he wrote over a hundred libretti, including Meyerbeer’sRobert,Les Huguenots,Le Prophète, andL’Africaine; Auber’sLa Muette,Fra Diavolo,Le domino noir,Les diamants de la couronne; Halévy’sLa JuiveandManon Lescault; Boieldieu’sDame blanche; and Verdi’sLes vêpres siciliennes.
[72]Born, Rouen, 1775; died, near Paris, 1834.
[72]Born, Rouen, 1775; died, near Paris, 1834.
[73]When only a boy of eleven he composed pretty airs which thedécolletéesnymphs of the Directory sang between waltzes at the soirées given by Barras, and he survived the fall of the Second Empire.Les pantins de Violette, a charming little score, was given at the Bouffes four days before he died.
[73]When only a boy of eleven he composed pretty airs which thedécolletéesnymphs of the Directory sang between waltzes at the soirées given by Barras, and he survived the fall of the Second Empire.Les pantins de Violette, a charming little score, was given at the Bouffes four days before he died.