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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ..."Le calme rentre dans mon cceur," are only a self-delusion, his real state of mind being betrayed by the feverish movement in sixteenths of the bass-viol. Not even in sleep can he find peace, for scarcely has he closed his eyes when the Eumenides appear and terrify the murderer with their cries of revenge,--and here, for the first time, the trombones are introduced. After their frightful song "Vengeons et la nature et les dieux en courroux" and the succeeding words "II a tue si mere," given pianissimo by the entire chorus and the orchestra, Iphigenia appears, questions the stranger and learns from him the terrible fate of her parent, and that Orestes himself is no longer among the living. The second act closes with a funeral celebration in honor of her brother's memory, during which the priestess mourns her loss in the aria, " O, malheureuse Iphigenie!" One of the most beautiful and ennobling scenes of the opera is that of the third act, in which the friends contend as to which shall be sacrificed for the other, for to only one of the prisoners does the cruel Thoas, moved by Iphigenia's prayers, grant life and the permission to return to Greece. As Orestes threatens to take his own life in case he is not made the victim, Pylades yields, only with the intention of effecting his friend's release, however, immediately upon his own deliverance. This aria in praise of friendship, " Divinite des grandes ames, amitie," is characterized at first by sweet simplicity, but at the words "Je vais sauver Oreste," the music becomes so grand--especially at the sudden introduction of the kettle-drums and trumpets, which have not been used in the entire act--as to produce an irresistible effect upon the audience. In...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130147738
- ISBN 13 9781130147735
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages90
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