This passage was used as the accompaniment to Don Juan's descent into Hell, surrounded by his band of demons.
Many of Gluck's compatriots came to Mezieres to see _Orphee_ and they were loyal enough to recognize the superiority of the performance.

Some even had the courage to say, "We murder Gluck in Germany." I discovered that fact a long time ago.

In my youth I was indignant when I saw Paris, where Gluck wrote his finest works, quite neglecting them, whereas Germany continued to promote them.

In those days I was frequently called to the other side of the Rhine to play in concerts, and I watched for a chance to see one of these masterpieces which had been forgotten in France.

So it was with the liveliest joy that one day I entered one of the leading German theaters where they were giving _Armide_.