| England - 1843 - 832 pages
...the close of each air the same terrific uproar ensues ; the hellowings of an angry sea could give hut a faint idea of its fury. Such, at the same time, is the taste of an Italian andience, that they at once distinguish whether the merit of an air helongs to the singer, or composer."... | |
| Music - 1823 - 512 pages
...in a word, whatever you will, except an enthusiast in music or painting. At the close of each air, the same terrific uproar ensues ; the bellowings of...faint idea of its fury. Such, at the same time, is the tact of an Italian audience, that they at once distinguish whether the merit of an air beiongs to the... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1824 - 570 pages
...short and panegyrical phrases. This done, they proceed to the next piece.' « At the close of each air the same terrific uproar ensues; the bellowings of...angry sea could give but a faint idea of' its fury. The ensuing anecdote is a proof at once of the indolence of Rossini and of the facility with which... | |
| Scotland - 1843 - 1380 pages
...to say, there is no intolerance equal, to that of the eminently sensitive. At the close of each air the same terrific uproar ensues ; the bellowings of...a faint idea of its fury. Such, at the same time, ia the taste of an Italian audience, that they at once distinguish whether the merit of an air belongs... | |
| George Hogarth - Opera - 1851 - 396 pages
...were possessed. At the close of each air the same uproar is renewed ; the roaring of a tempestuous sea could give but a faint idea of its fury. " Such, at the same time, is the tact of an Italian audience, that they at once discern whether the merit of an air belongs to the singer... | |
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