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The flamingoes took flight again from the strand; the ships moved in their anchorage; the shouts of the people arose from the town, and those of the soldiery from the square of the great avenue. Their idol, their Ouverture, was now in command of the whole of the most beautiful of the isles of the west. As soon as he could be heard, Toussaint introduced his brother to the Spaniards.
But " "But," said her father, when she could not proceed, "you found the lot of woman. To woman the affections are all: to men, even to brothers, they are not. Courage, Aimee! Courage! for you are an Ouverture. Courage to meet your woman's martyrdom!" "Let me rest upon your heart, father; and I can bear anything." "Would I could, my child! But they will not allow it these jailors.
OUVERTURE DIE FRAU MEISTERIN Fr. v. Suppé. DIE MUHLE IM SCHWARZWALD R. Eilenberg. FINALE A. D. OPER. ARIELE DIE TOCHTER DER LUFT E. Bach.
"Perhaps," observed the abbess, "he used these words when he was not speaking of slavery; but rather from being aware of the loyalty of the Ouverture family; which is, I believe, exemplary." "It is," declared Euphrosyne, looking up with glowing eyes. "He has not only served, but worshipped Bonaparte, all the years that they have both ruled. In his own family, Monsieur Pascal says "
Berlioz composed some remarkable works while at the Conservatoire, among which were the "Ouverture des Francs Juges," and the symphonie "Fantastique," and in many ways indicated that the bent of his genius had fully declared itself. His decided and indomitable nature disdained to wear a mask, and he never sugar-coated his opinion, however unpalatable to others.
I have never dared wretchedness as you have: but since I am and must be wretched, I will be an Ouverture. Your eye and your voice make me an Ouverture again, even yet. Give me your commands." "Read this proclamation, with the eye of an Ouverture. Well! Do you like it? How do you understand it?"
The Ouverture paints a great storm at sea, and contrasts the two ships that are drawing toward the same bay of refuge in the coast, the phantom ship with its crew of ghosts and their sinister sea-cry, the common substantial other craft with its comfortable flesh-and-blood sailors. As the curtain rises upon the turbulent sea and black weather, the Norwegian vessel has got safely within the haven.
Berlioz was the first to be astonished when he heard them for the first time. At the Ouverture des Francs-Juges he wept and tore his hair, and fell sobbing on the kettledrums. At the performance of his Tuba mirum, in Berlin, he nearly fainted. The composer who most nearly approached him was Weber, and, as we have already seen, Berlioz only knew him late in life.
Deesha hastened forward, all joy and pride at being the hostess of the Ouverture family. Eagerly she led the way into the inhabited part of the abode a corner of the palace-like mansion a corner well covered in from the weather, and presenting a strange contrast of simplicity and luxury.
We are shown in the Ouverture of Tannhäuser the power which contended for the young knight and minstrel's soul: the appeal of good is symbolised by the solemn chant of the pilgrims; of evil, by the voice of Venus, the song of the Sirens, the Bacchic dance.
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