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Excerpt from The Three-Cornered Hat The music is conceived in a rare spirit of subtle wit and delicate satire, intensified with a deep, psychological insight. There can be few themes more expressive of feminine caprice and coquetry than those which illustrate the gestures of the miller's wife. Finally, the whole score is so impregnated with the spirit of humour that the music is humorous in itself. Consider the elfish fun contained in the theme that accompanies the brief flirtation between the dandy and the miller's wife; the laughter-provoking effect produced by the contrast between the courtly and graceful measure of the menuet and the Corregidor's version of the steps that should accompany it; and the merry, whim sical, swaggering air employed to mark the Corregidor's entrance. De Falla proves in such themes as these that music, which has been more or less restricted to the expression of passion and tragedy, is no less capable of interpreting the more human and more widely diffused emotion of humour. Massine's choregraphy is no less successful. It abounds in passion, colour and comedy-action; and these qualities are expressed in grada tions, so delicate and so nicely balanced that each performance reveals a new delight, a new charm that has hitherto eluded the eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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