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Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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en Scene. A lovely melody in 9/8 time, divided between flute and clarionet, forms the basis ofthe movement, and in this the sopranojoins in short dreamy phrases. Her longing for the passing of nightand the return of Faust, expressed in thelast ecstatic phrase, is answered by thecry of her lover, and Mephistopheles, whohas been holding Faust back, nowreleases him. Faust (rushing to the window) :Marguerite! Marguerite: Ah! (she faints in his arms). Mephistopheles (with sardonic laughter):There! Ha, ha, ha! ha! (The curtain slowly falls.) Fantasie from Garden Scene By TVlischa Elman, Violinist (Piano ace.) 64122 10-inch, $1.00 For those who wish to enjoy someof the exquisite melodies of this act inan instrumental form only, the potpourriby Elman is included here. In this record the young artist doesnot show us feats of execution, butbrings out all the sensuous beauty ofthe music which Gounod composed forthis immortal scene. It is one of theloveliest bits of violin playing imaginable. 137
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VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-GOUNODS FAUST ACT IV—The Desertion Quando a te lieta (When All Was Young) By Louise Homer, Contralto (In Italian) 88200 12-inch, $3.00 The opening of the fourth scene shows the unhappy Marguerite seated at her spinningwheel, brooding over the sorrows which have overtaken her young life. Siebel, her faith-ful friend, enters and talks of vengeance against the absent Faust, but Marguerite defendshim and sadly goes into the house. Left alone, Siebel, with gentle melancholy,sings this exquisite romance, beginning: •£. £ % ,X«**. This song has long been a favorite number with many famous contraltos, and its lovelymelody is frequently used in our churches as a setting to Come Unto Me, and othersacred poems. Siebel: When all was young and pleasant May wasblooming,I, thy poor friend, took part with thee inplay;Now that the cloud of Autumn dark isglooming,Now is for me, too, mournful the day!Hope and delight have passd from life away! We were not born with true

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