MUSICIANS WHO HAVE DIED AWAY

Though the verdict pronounced by Reichardt, who waa by no means free from vanity and egotism, and who had, moreover, himself written for the Grand Opera, Paris, may appear severe, it was not too severe. The composer of the Scherzi d'Amore and La Molinara, lightly and gracefully disporting with flowers of tone, was not the man, especially at his advanced age, to paint truthfully and movingly, after Gluck, the horrors of the world below.