Excerpt from Gluck His Operas: With an Account of Their Relation to Musical ArtThe felicitous mode of expression which Berlioz naturally possessed, added to his copious knowledge and the extraordinary pains with which the present essays were evidently prepared, render the latter so well able to Speak for themselves that introduction, in the sense Of any reference to their detail, is unnecessary. But it may be useful to refer to the general outline adopted which is one not only Of very liberal dimensions, but which includes, in addition to the usual range Of considerations forming part of a dissertation of this description, the treatment Of a whole group of subjects bearing a subsidiary relation to the main Objects of criticism.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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