GOUNOD

GOUNOD

"IN Gounod I hail a real composer. I have heard his 'Faust,' both at Leipsic and Dresden, and am charmed with that refined, piquant music. Critics may rave, if they like, against the mutilation of Goethe's masterpiece; the opera is sure to attract, for it is a fresh, interesting...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Gentleman's magazine 1893-12, Vol.275 (1956), p.580-589
1. Verfasser: HADDEN, J CUTHBERT
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:"IN Gounod I hail a real composer. I have heard his 'Faust,' both at Leipsic and Dresden, and am charmed with that refined, piquant music. Critics may rave, if they like, against the mutilation of Goethe's masterpiece; the opera is sure to attract, for it is a fresh, interesting work, with a copious flow of melody and lovely instrumentation." So wrote Felix Moscheles, one of the severe classical pianists of the German school, in a letter to a friend in 1861.
ISSN:2043-3026