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Some Forerunners of Italian Opera

CHAPTER XI
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The second entertainment was a prose comedy of Landi, preceded by a prologue and provided with five intermezzi.

In the first intermezzo Aurora, in a blazing chariot, awakened all nature by her song.

Then the Sun rose and by his position in the sky informed the audience what was the hour of each succeeding episode.

In the final intermezzo Night brought back Sleep, who had banished Aurora, and the spectacle concluded with a dance of bacchantes and satyrs to instrumental music.

The accounts which have come down to us note that the song of Aurora was accompanied by a gravicembalo, an organ, a flute, a harp and a large viol.


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