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A popular history of music, musical instruments, ballet, and opera, from St. Ambrose to Mozart, 1888
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1characterized by a greater vivacity and a more strongly marked rhythm than was then usual. Campra was educated as a Church musician, and it was while in office at Notre Dame in Paris that he produced his first two operas, which had in consequence to be brought out under the name of his brother,
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5Fig. 100.—Mademoiselle Journet in the character of Mélisse in Amadis de Grèce, by Destouches (Académie Royale de Musique, 1699).
7a musician in the band of the Académie de Musique. He was also favourably known as a writer of Church music, five books of motets of his composition being extant. We must also mention Destouches, who began life with a voyage to Spain in company with the Jesuit fathers, a body which he
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