Fast as it traveled, however, the intermezzo traveled faster.
There is no escape from the power of the music when it soars to grandiose heights in the duet between Salome 'and the prophet, the subsequent intermezzo and the wicked apotheosis.
The first is an intermezzo in which all action ceases except that which plays in the bestially perverted heart and mind of Salome.
There is more than mere musical charm in the intermezzo which follows the scene in which the monk wakes into life the conscience of the courtesan.
In contrast to the Times critic, the writer says: "The inevitable intermezzo separates the second from the third act.
Of course, in a modern opera anintermezzo is indispensable.
It was played in two acts instead of one, with the intermezzo dividing two scenes in the second act, making it, in reality, in three acts, and the tenor air was added in the last scene.
This intermezzodeals with two main ideas or phases, first the imprisonment of Manon, and secondly the sad journey to Havre, the port whence the filles de joie--how intensely sad is the irony of the description!
With the Intermezzo di Rime we have the beginning of d'Annunzio's second and characteristic manner.
Thus, to his own astonishment, during the summer months of 1913, Rolland was able to complete his light-hearted novel Colas Breugnon, the French intermezzo in the European symphony.
She had shown herself a fervid patriot during the war of liberation, superintending hospitals in Berlin and Prague; and she was admired by Heinrich Heine, who dedicated the Lyric Intermezzo in the Buch der Lieder to her when she was fifty.
Later Beethoven wanted to give the Sonata an Intermezzoin C major (Ibid.
The Presto remains for that in C minor," written about this time Nottebohm concludes that this Bagatelle was conceived as an intermezzo in the C minor Sonata, and that, possibly, the Allegretto had a similar origin.
And in another sketch he writes: "Intermezzo for the sonata in C minor.
On the stage of the Court Theatre was performed with much applause a musical poem in German, specially written for the birthday of His Highness, and afterward an Italian intermezzoentitled 'La Nobilta delusa.
The Intermezzofrom Goldmark's opera "Das Heimchen am Herd" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
This intermezzo is not long, and we are again enlivened by the scene on the stage.
An intermezzo of much beauty and deep feeling is performed by the orchestra between the acts.
But there is something disturbing, even ghostly, in the strange intermezzo that separates the trio from the polonaise.
Well knit, the passionate intermezzo has the true dramatic Chopin ring.
A climax mounts to a fine frenzy until the lyric intermezzo in B is reached.
After the bitterness of her separation from Alfred de Musset about 1833 she had been lonely, for the Pagello intermezzo was of short duration.
The wedding took place six weeks later; and all through the service the organist played the Intermezzo in subdued tones, which some people thought rather peculiar--but then they were not aware of all the circumstances.
And he wouldn't speak until the Intermezzo was half through.
Hemmed in on both sides, so that they can't escape, with the Intermezzo before them!
The prelude to the second act is called "Intermezzo Funebre," and the opening is exactly in the manner of a funeral march, while the trio has a very graceful subject.
Mrs. Jakes with her foot on the soft pedal, was beginning the intermezzo again for the fifth time and slurring it dreamily to accord with her brief mood of contentment and peace.
And now, I wonder--would you mind if I just played theintermezzo a little again?
Brahms following Chopin's lead in this respect); the sixth Intermezzo of op.
Brahms's happiest vein of exuberant vitality; the sixth Intermezzo in op.
Brahms has written--remarkable for its rhythmic texture and for the equalization of both hands, which was one of his chief contributions to pianoforte style; the second Intermezzo of op.
Strozzi wrote the fourth intermezzowith music by Caccini.
The lastintermezzo was also arranged by Rinuccini and its music was by Cavaliere.
In the first intermezzo Aurora, in a blazing chariot, awakened all nature by her song.
The music of thisintermezzo was by Malvezzi, who was a distinguished madrigalist.
The fifth intermezzo must have rivaled the glories of the ancient sacred plays in the public squares.
The second intermezzo dealt with a contest in song between the daughters of Pierus and the muses.
In the final intermezzo Night brought back Sleep, who had banished Aurora, and the spectacle concluded with a dance of bacchantes and satyrs to instrumental music.
The humor grows more graceful when the first melody of the Intermezzo is lightly touched.
After a climax of the clownish mood we return to the Intermezzo melodies.
Then he said: "Play it when they get ready to leave with her, and add the Intermezzo for Susy and the Largo for Mrs. Clemens.
Between these two movements comes an intermezzoof strongly marked Scotch tone.
The "Scherzo" is shimmering with playfulness, and, in the Beethoven fashion, has a tender intermezzo amoroso.
Prelude, a tender Air, a luscious Intermezzo in the rich key of B major with soli for violin and 'cello, a Romance with a good climax, and a gallant Gavotte with special attention to the too much slighted violas.
In the second intermezzo Dorina, dressed for the stage, displays her tragic powers to Ribbio as Cleopatra; finally they conclude a romantic contract, which includes a prospect of tender relations between the two.
La Cantatrice ed il Poeta," an intermezzo mentioned by Gerber, is quite unknown to me.
The intermezzo gives, as it were, the back view of the opera seria, not with the intention of destroying the ideal effect by sarcastic criticism, but rather in order to heighten it by force of contrast.
The development of the intermezzo was rapid, and before long the inconvenience of carrying on two independent dramas simultaneously caused the complete emancipation of opera buffa from opera seria.
Somewhere close at hand a piano-organ was playing the intermezzofrom "Cavalleria," and the child tripped towards the sound.
It is full of heart and courage until the middle part, where the intermezzo in the key of E major tells of softer feelings--of longing and homesickness.
The first intermezzoin opus 119 is in B minor, adagio.
Of a somewhat more dramatic and diversified character is the second intermezzo in the opus 116.
