Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape "Donate to the archive" Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. I also believed it my duty to try to secure, to the best of my power, a fine simplicity; therefore I have avoided a display of difficulties which destroy clarity. Perhaps the most valuable lesson of his life was the London failure of Piramo e Tisbe. His first London venture was in opera, too, but his historic importance does not lie in that field. His only extended effort during the period from to was a pantomimic ballet, Don Giovanni , but the melodramas and symphonies or overtures writ [Pg 26] ten for the private entertainment of the imperial family, as well as seven trio sonatas, varied in expression and at times quite modern in spirit, also date from this time.
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