. Programme . usicin Vienna that is dated March 31, 1801. Was the performance post-poned until the 28th ? The programme of the 28th states that Der Dorfbarbier, * asingspiel, was first performed. Then came Die Geschopfe des * Der Dorfbarbier—The Village Barber—is the title of little plays with musicby J. A. Hiller (Leipsic, 1771), Neefe (Leipsic, 1772), Johann Schenk (Vienna, October30 1796 with libretto by Joseph and Paul Weidemann, first performed as a comedyabout 1786) ; Wernhammer (about 1795) and F. L. Seidel (Berlin, 1817). Grgtrywrote the music for his nephews adaptation, Le Barbier de
. Programme . usicin Vienna that is dated March 31, 1801. Was the performance post-poned until the 28th ? The programme of the 28th states that Der Dorfbarbier, * asingspiel, was first performed. Then came Die Geschopfe des * Der Dorfbarbier—The Village Barber—is the title of little plays with musicby J. A. Hiller (Leipsic, 1771), Neefe (Leipsic, 1772), Johann Schenk (Vienna, October30 1796 with libretto by Joseph and Paul Weidemann, first performed as a comedyabout 1786) ; Wernhammer (about 1795) and F. L. Seidel (Berlin, 1817). Grgtrywrote the music for his nephews adaptation, Le Barbier de Village, ou Le Revenant(Paris, May 6, 1797). C. V. Weisses libretto for Killers music was an adaptationof Sedaines Blaise le Savetier for which Philidor wrote the music (Paris, March 9,1759). A translation of this libretto entitled Hanns der Schuhflicker by J. H. Faberwas performed at Hamburg in 1772. The Boston Music Gq []26 West Street ^/ephone Beach 1561 ne most convenientmusic store in toiun^. -^^^^ COMPLETE STOCK OFALL THE LATEST MUSIC 160 Prometheus: ein heroisches, allegorisches Ballet. The cast was asfollows: Prometheus, Cesari; Children, Miss Casentini (sic), Salva-tore Vigano; Bacchus, Ferdinand Gioja; Pan, Archinger; Terpsi-chore, Mme. Brendi; Thalia, Mme. Cesari; Melpomene, Mme. impersonators of Apollo, Amfione, Arione and Orpheus werenot named. This argument was printed on the programme:— The foundation of this allegorical ballet is the fable of Prome-theus. The philosophers of Greece, to whom he was known, declareit to be as follows: They picture him as a lofty soul who drove thepeople of his time from ignorance, refined them by means of scienceand the arts, and gave them manners, customs, and morals. As aresult of this conception two statues that have been brought tolife are introduced in this ballet, who through the might of har-mony are made sensitive to all the passions of human life. Prome-theus leads them to Parnassus, that Apollo,
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