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  • Devienne IS BACK! A Rediscovery

    Devienne IS BACK! A Rediscovery

    David M. Greene

    Was Devienne significant? The Larousse La Musique des origins a nos jours (a present from Cathy 30 years ago!) notes him, in the operatic context, merely as "melodiste agreable." Baker's,...

    Devienne IS BACK! A Rediscovery

    David M. Greene

    Was Devienne significant? The Larousse La Musique des origins a nos jours (a present from Cathy 30 years ago!) notes him, in the operatic context, merely as "melodiste agreable." Baker's,...

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  • "Mister Franck! Time to do your symphony!"

    "Mister Franck! Time to do your symphony!"

    David M. Greene

    What makes a man suddenly feel that a symphony is coming on? Since we think largely in metaphors and anal­ogies, I seem simply to sense some­thing like an alarm-clock sounding...

    "Mister Franck! Time to do your symphony!"

    David M. Greene

    What makes a man suddenly feel that a symphony is coming on? Since we think largely in metaphors and anal­ogies, I seem simply to sense some­thing like an alarm-clock sounding...

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  • Rameau: A College Dropout

    Rameau: A College Dropout

    David M. Greene

     When Lully took over as France's official musical dictator, French opera, as he devised it, was at least as much dance as song. A generation later, a bastard form called...

    Rameau: A College Dropout

    David M. Greene

     When Lully took over as France's official musical dictator, French opera, as he devised it, was at least as much dance as song. A generation later, a bastard form called...

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