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| + | "The premiere on 19 April 1774 of ''[[Iphigénie en Aulide]]'' sparked a huge [[controversy]], almost a war, such as had not been seen in the city since the [[Querelle des Bouffons]]. Gluck's opponents brought the leading Italian composer [[Niccolò Piccinni]] to Paris to demonstrate the superiority of [[Opera buffa|Neapolitan opera]], and the "whole town" engaged in an argument between "Gluckists" and "Piccinnists". The composers themselves took no part in the polemics, but when Piccinni was asked to set the libretto to ''[[Roland (Lully)|Roland]]'', on which Gluck was also known to be working, Gluck destroyed everything he had written for that opera up to that point."--Sholem Stein | ||
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"The premiere on 19 April 1774 of Iphigénie en Aulide sparked a huge controversy, almost a war, such as had not been seen in the city since the Querelle des Bouffons. Gluck's opponents brought the leading Italian composer Niccolò Piccinni to Paris to demonstrate the superiority of Neapolitan opera, and the "whole town" engaged in an argument between "Gluckists" and "Piccinnists". The composers themselves took no part in the polemics, but when Piccinni was asked to set the libretto to Roland, on which Gluck was also known to be working, Gluck destroyed everything he had written for that opera up to that point."--Sholem Stein |
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