Synopsis
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. 1910 Excerpt: ...the time of Marais' 'Alcione' (1706) until that of 'William Tell' (1829)." It is evident that Cherubini himself realized that the Overture to "Anacreon" was one of the strongest works that had been created by his pen, and that its possibilities of life far exceeded those of any other number of t/he opera. Nor was this conviction unshared by others. When the Philharmonic Society of London was founded in 1813 the overture to "Anacreon" was the piece with which the organization inaugurated its long and glorious career. "Anacreon" has been a subject of dramatic treatment by many writers. One of the earliest was an opera by Antonio Sartorio performed at Venice in 1678. Rameau produced his ballet-heroique, "Anacreon," at the Academic Royale de Musique at Paris in 1757. There was a setting by Raymont brought out at the Beaujolais Theater some eight years later. There have been operas by Horszisky (1791, at Rheinsberg); Gretry ("Anacreon chez Polycrate," Paris, 1797); Beaulieu (1819); Ebell ("Anakreon in Ionien," Breslau, 1810); Frl. von Beaumesnil (1819?); Mercadante (Anacreonte in Samo," Naples, 1820). Mehul wrote an "Anacreon"--a youthful effort--but the work was never given a production. The overture to Cherubini's "Anacreon" is scored for two flutes (piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, kettledrums and strings. The material employed in the overture is largely drawn from the opera itself. The main movement is preceded by an Introduction Largo assai, D major, 2-2 time) which consists of ten measures of prefatory chords in the full orchestra, followed by a section in which the two horns and various woodwind instruments ...
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