CHAPTER XXIX--OPERA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 327-351

Three great names--Graun--Gluck--his reforms--his ideal--early works--"Orpheus"--"Iphigenie"--Mozart's place in opera--Rameau--theoretical writings--Rousseau--Phillidor--Monsigny--Grétry--Gossec--Méhul--Lesueur; Boieldieu--French opera in general--Italian opera--Pergolesi--Jomelli; Sacchini--Paisiello--Piccini--Zingarelli--opera in England--Purcell; Dr. Arne.