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On that day 11 September
Works
Promised Land op. 140, The
The last of Saint-Saëns’s four oratorios, The Promised Land, premiered on 11 September 1913 in Gloucester under the composer’s baton, was the culmination of his encounter, years earlier, with the libr...
Persons
Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond MAZÈRES
Ancien officier d'infanterie, auteur dramatique et librettiste
Focus
Romantic Harp
In early nineteenth-century France, the harp was a very modern instrument, replacing the “baroque” harpsichord and competing with the pianoforte in a quest for “classical” expression.
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