The Great Composers. No. XIII. Cherubini (Concluded) Author(s): Luigi Cherubini and Joseph Bennett Source: The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 25, No. 491 (Jan. 1, 1884), pp. 13-16 Published by: Musical Times Publications Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3356898 Accessed: 09-11-2015 19:13 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Musical Times Publications Ltd. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 142.66.3.42 on Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:13:30 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THE MUSICAL TIMES.-JANUARY I, I884. 13 an archoeological point of view; but those who cry bass (tastosolo) with the basses of the orchestra. The out against all additional accompaniments either do choruses are mostly accompanied by strings, oboes not know or do not choose to remember that what and bassoons, to which is added the organ in oratorios they are clamouring for is unattainable. In the and the harpsichord in operas. The oboes usually firstplace, one would require two harpsichords, with double either the violins or the treble voices in unison, two good players, able to fill up Handel's harmonies though we shall find places where they have inde- as the composer did himself,sometimes without even pendent parts giving fuller harmony; the bassoons a figuredbass to guide them.