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This chapter details Jean-Jacques Rousseau's short letter to Christoph Willibald Glück on April 17, 1774. Rousseau begins the letter by informing Glück that he is going home, delighted by the rehearsal of Glück's opera
Iphigenia in Tauris
(1774). Rousseau wrote a detailed letter to Burney on Glück's
Alceste
. He then claims that Glück has carried out the impossible task of writing good music to French lyrics. Finally, Rousseau expresses his sincere congratulations and his very devoted salutations.
Title: Christoph Willibald Glück
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This chapter details Jean-Jacques Rousseau's short letter to Christoph Willibald Glück on April 17, 1774.
Rousseau begins the letter by informing Glück that he is going home, delighted by the rehearsal of Glück's opera
Iphigenia in Tauris
(1774).
Rousseau wrote a detailed letter to Burney on Glück's
Alceste
.
He then claims that Glück has carried out the impossible task of writing good music to French lyrics.
Finally, Rousseau expresses his sincere congratulations and his very devoted salutations.
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