The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . Fig. 257.—Gardener.—Captain.— tires dcs Nouvcciux ticsshts cChabiUements d fusag^c des BalUls^ O/^fas ct CoiiUdics ; by Gillot. paniment of music and singing, were as popular as the tragediesdeclaimed in rhythmical periods by the actors of the Th(;atreFrangals. The new pieces occasionally interpolated into the ancientrepertory were, moreover, very inferior to the works of Ouinault andLully. The verses of Lamotte, Danchet, Roy, Abbe Pellegrin, andthe musical compositions of Destouches, Campro,

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The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . Fig. 257.—Gardener.—Captain.— tires dcs Nouvcciux ticsshts cChabiUements d fusag^c des BalUls^ O/^fas ct CoiiUdics ; by Gillot. paniment of music and singing, were as popular as the tragediesdeclaimed in rhythmical periods by the actors of the Th(;atreFrangals. The new pieces occasionally interpolated into the ancientrepertory were, moreover, very inferior to the works of Ouinault andLully. The verses of Lamotte, Danchet, Roy, Abbe Pellegrin, andthe musical compositions of Destouches, Campro, Lacoste and Bertin,were about on a level of mediocrity. The opera-ballets were notmuch better, but the ballet proper had much improved since thedeath of Lully (1687). As regards scenery, dresses, and stageeffects, the Royal Academy of Music was unrivalled. As Dufresnywrote in the Amusements Serieux et Comiques, the opera was 392 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. an enchanted spot and the land of rapid transformations. In thetwinkling of an eye, the men become demi-gods, and the g

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