Translation: But what have those colourful ballets to do wi… - Joseph Martin Kraus

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Translation: But what have those colourful ballets to do with the opera's? Ballets, that do not concern the opera at the least. Do they not spoil all possible action, that they in their course violently interrupt?

Joseph Martin Kraus

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Joseph Martin Kraus (20 June 1756 – 15 December 1792) was a German composer and Hofkapellmeister in the service of king Gustav III of Sweden in Stockholm.

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Was sollen aber die buntschäckigten Balletten in den Opern? Balletten, die auf die Oper nicht die geringste Beziehungen haben. Verderben sie nicht alle mögliche Wirkung, die sie in ihrem Gange gewaltsam unterbrechen? (32)

Soll die Musik in den Kirchen nicht am meisten fürs Herz seyn? Taugen darzu Fugen? (96)

Translation: Should the music in the churches not at the most be for the heart? Are fugues made for that?

Translation: But what have those colourful ballets to do with the opera's? Ballets, that do not concern the opera at the least. Do they not spoil all… - Joseph Martin Kraus

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