A cortÃ¨ge by this composer opens with trumpets and cornets playing C-flat octaves in a veryrhythmic double-dotted 8th, 32nd, quarter, 8th-8th-8th-8th, followed by A-flat minor chords from thewhole orchestra in the same rhythm.
A cortÃ¨ge by this composer opens with trumpets and cornets playing C-flat octaves in a veryrhythmic double-dotted 8th, 32nd, quarter, 8th-8th-8th-8th, followed by A-flat minor chords from thewhole orchestra in the same rhythm. He cast Sybil Sanderson to sing the "Eiffel Tower note" G6 in "AhRoland!Â… Regarde-les ces yeux" in his opera Esclarmonde. FaurÃ© lamented this man's "vulgar andpassionate writhings," such as (*) Chevalier des Grieux's aria "En fermant les yeux." In Act 2 of anotheropera by him, the monk AthanaÃ«l's conversion of the title courtesan is depicted by a D major intermezzofor solo violin and orchestra. "MÃ©ditation" from ThaÃ¯s is by, for 10 points, which prolific Frenchman whocomposed the operas Werther and Manon?
A cortÃ¨ge by this composer opens with trumpets and cornets playing C-flat octaves in a veryrhythmic double-dotted 8th, 32nd, quarter, 8th-8th-8th-8th, followed by A-flat minor chords from thewhole orchestra in the same rhythm.
 Jules Massenet