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For no one, not even a pretty woman who wakes up with a pimple on her nose, is as moody as an author who threatens to outlive his reputation  just look at Marivaux and the younger Crebillon. FOR NO ONE NOT EVEN A PRETTY WOMAN WHO WAKES UP WITH A PIMPLE ON HER NOSE IS AS MOODY AS AN AUTHOR WHO THREATENS TO OUTLIVE HIS REPUTATION JUST LOOK AT MARAVO AND THE YOUNGER CREBILLON
o see him under this constraint. If he was seized by a desire to break this agreement and opened his mouth, with his first word all the guests would cry out "O Rameau!" Then his fury would burn in his eyes, and he'd go back to his meal even more enraged. You were curious to know this man's name, and now you do. He is the nephew of that famous musician who delivered us from the plain song of Lully, which we've been chanting for more than a century, and who wrote so much unintelligible visionary stuff and apocalyptic truths about the theory of music, none of which ever made sense either to him or anyone else. He left us a certain number of operas where there is some harmony, scraps of song, some disconnected ideas, noise, flights, triumphal marches, lances, glories, murmurs, victories that leave one breathless, and dance tunes which will last forever. He buried the Florentine but will now be buried by Italian virtuosi, a fact which he saw coming and which made him gloomy, sad, and surly.  ANGER IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE HIM UNDER THIS CONSTRAINT IF HE WAS SEIZED BY A DESIRE TO BREAK THIS AGREEMENT AND OPENED HIS MOUTH WITH HIS FIRST WORD ALL THE GUESTS WOULD CRY OUT O RAMEAU THEN HIS FURY WOULD BURN IN HIS EYES AND HE'D GO BACK TO HIS MEAL EVEN MORE ENRAGED YOU ARE CURIOUS TO KNOW THIS MAN'S NAME AND NOW YOU DO HE IS THE NEPHEW OF THAT FAMOUS MUSICIAN WHO DELIVERED US FROM THE PLAIN SONG OF LULLY WHICH WE'VE BEEN CHANTING FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY AND WHO WROTE SO MUCH UNINTELLIGIBLE VISIONARY STUFF AND APOCALYPTIC TRUTHS ABOUT THE THEORY OF MUSIC NONE OF WHICH EVER MADE SENSE EITHER TO HIM OR ANY ONE ELSE HE LEFT US A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OPERAS WHERE THERE IS SOME HARMONY SCRAPS OF SONG SOME DISCONNECTED IDEAS NOISE FLIGHTS TRIUMPHAL MARCHES GLANCES GLORIES MURMURS VICTORIES THAT LEAVE ONE BREATHLESS AND DANCE TUNES WHICH WILL LAST FOREVER HE BURIED THE FLORENTINE BUT WILL NOW BE BURIED BY ITALIAN VIRTUOSI A FACT WHICH HE SAW COMING AND WHICH MADE HIM GLOOMY SAD AND SURLY
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