Word: trotâ
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...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...
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