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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...Paris, L'Enfant et les Sortileges, new opera by Maurice Ravel, had its first performance at the Opera Comique. Critics were doubtful. There were strange harmonies, strange instruments???a rattle, a xylophone, a whip, a nutmeg-grater, a slide flute, a lutheal.? For the first time the Opera Comique orchestra played a fox-trot?for the dance of the Teapot and the Chinese Teacup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Operas | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

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