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It was the first of the operas written by Gluck for Paris, and, even before it was produced, it made a sensation. We learn from Grimm and Diderot's "Correspondance Litteraire" (Part II., vol. iii., pp. 79-84) of the discussions provoked. "For a fortnight no one thinks or dreams here of anything except music. It is the theme of all our talk and disputes, it is the soul of all our suppers, and to be interested in anything else would appear ridiculous. If you speak of politics, you are answered with a harmonic device; if you make a moral reflection, the ritornello of an arietta is the reply ; and if you try to recall the interest produced by this or that piece of Racine or Vol- taire, the only answer is a remark concerning an orchestral effect in Agamemnon's fine recitative. All the parties are fired with like fury. There are three especially conspicuous: that of the old French opera, which has sworn to recognize no other gods than Lulli and Rameau ; that which stands for purely Italian music and believes in the song only of the Jumellis {sic), Piccinis, Zachinis; and that of the Chevalier Gluck, who pretends to have found the most appropriate music for dramatic action, —music whose principles are drawn from the eternal source of harmony and the intimate relationship of our sentiments and sensations; this music belongs to no special country, but the genius of the composer has known how to adapt his style to the particular idiom of our language." *The music dictionaries give " du Rollet" but the librettist himself spelled his name with a u. (See Desnoiresterre's " Gluck et Piccini," p. 78.) Larousse spells the name Durollet. NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC GEORGE W. 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STOWELL <fc COMPANY (Incorporated) 24 WINTER STREET. Makers mid Finders of the Unusual (1198) The part of Iphigenia was taken by brilliant Sophie Arnould, who might have disputed with Titus the title "the delight of mankind." The opera as a whole was coolly received the first night, although the librettist had prudently organized a claque with a friendly hatter at the head. At the second performance the opera was praised to the skies. The memoirs of the period are full of entertaining gossip con- cerning Gluck, the performance, the interpreters. We are told that Sophie Arnould was tightly laced as the virgin victim ; that she carried the tragic handkerchief of ancient stage queens and princesses,, the handkerchief that never left the hand in moments of anguish or rapture.* When the opera-house was reopened after the death of the king and the banishment of Madame du Barry, t "Iphigenia" again became the rage, and the coiffure a V Iphigenie was in high fashion. In those days of enormous structures this coiffure was comparatively simple : it consisted of a wreath of black flowers surmounted by the crescent of Diana, with a kind of veil which covered half the back of the head. The Abbe Arnaud, in his famous letter to Madame D. (April, 1774), dwelt at length on the grandeur and tenderness of the overture, which soon became a favorite concert piece, but there were dissenting voices. Forkel wrote: "This overture, which is brought forward as an exam- ple of a true overture, is in no way an overture, for it has not in the slightest degree any of the true and characteristic features. We must therefore put it in the class of symphonies, and it must then be said that as a symphony it has no high rank." The overture, as written by Gluck, is connected, as that of "Don Giovanni," immediately with the opening scene. Mozart, it is said, wrote an ending for concert performance, but this ending is now at- is tributed by some to J. B. S. Schmidt (1 779-1853). The overture scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, kettle- drums, strings. Gluck dedicated the score of his opera to the King of France. •Emma Albani, as Desdemona in Verdi's " Otello," carried the traditional handkerchief at Mechanics' Building in March, 1890. t These accidents inspired Sophie to say of herself and the other damsels of the Opera, "We are orphans, who have lost both father and mother." FOUR PIECES Collections of By L. BOCCHERINI Children's Songs Hm FiV6 S°ngS (R °U,ld Transcribed for the Pianoforte >*\ ,?', . Rabbit) .... #0.75 By GIUSEPPE HARTUCCI Shepard, Thos. G. "Me"(Cvcle) . 1.00 Gilchrist, W. W. Songs for the Chil- Largo . $0.60 Presto . $0.65 dren 1.00 Songs from ,„. An t> j e.c Gaynor, Jessie L. the Mmuetto. .40 Rondo . .65 child World . i.oo Smith, Gerritt. Song Vignette 1.25 The four transcriptions which make Abt, Franz. Thirty German Chil- up this set are modern in presentation, and dren Songs ...