Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme;The Middle-Class Gentleman by Molière
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MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: It's true, you are both right.
DANCING MASTER: It makes you see the excellence and usefulness of music and the dance. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: I understand that, now. MUSIC MASTER: Do you wish to see our pieces? MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Yes. MUSIC MASTER: I have already told you that this is a little attempt I have made to show the different passions that music can express. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Very good. MUSIC MASTER (To musicians) Here, come forward. (To Monsieur Jourdain) You must imagine that they are dressed as shepherds. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Why always as shepherds? You see nothing but that everywhere. MUSIC MASTER: When we have characters that are to speak in music, it's necessary, for believability, to make them pastoral. Singing has always been assigned to shepherds; and it is scarcely natural dialogue for princes or merchants to sing their passions. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Alright, alright. Let's see. DIALOGUE IN MUSIC: (A Woman and Two Men) |
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