{"product_id":"2940013613027","title":"MY RECOLLECTIONS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                                                             PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       FOREWORD                                                      vii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI      MY ADMISSION TO THE CONSERVATOIRE                               1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII     YOUTHFUL YEARS                                                 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII    THE GRAND PRIX DE ROME                                         20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV     THE VILLA MEDICI                                               29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV      THE VILLA MEDICI (CONTINUED)                                   37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI     THE VILLA MEDICI (CONTINUED)                                   43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII    MY RETURN TO PARIS                                             53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII   MY DEBUT AT THE THEATER                                        63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX     THE DAYS AFTER THE WAR                                         74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX      JOY AND SORROW                                                 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI     MY DEBUT AT THE OPÉRA                                          93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII    THE THEATERS IN ITALY                                         103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII   THE CONSERVATOIRE AND THE INSTITUTE                           114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV    A FIRST PERFORMANCE AT BRUSSELS                               123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV     THE ABBÉ PREVOST AT THE OPÉRA-COMIQUE                         136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI    FIVE COLLABORATORS                                            148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII   A JOURNEY TO GERMANY                                          161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII  A STAR                                                        173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX    A NEW LIFE                                                    186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX     MILAN--LONDON--BAYREUTH                                       199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXI    A VISIT TO VERDI--FAREWELL TO AMBROISE THOMAS                 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXII   WORK! ALWAYS WORK!                                            217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIII  IN THE MIDST OF THE MIDDLE AGES                               231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIV   FROM _Chérubin_ TO _Thérèse_                                  242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXV    SPEAKING OF 1793                                              254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVI   FROM _Ariane_ TO _Don Quichotte_                              267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVII  A SOIRÉE                                                      278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII DEAR EMOTIONS                                                 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIX   THOUGHTS AFTER DEATH                                          302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Master, Jules Massenet                                 _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                    sPAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMassenet at Égreville                                                 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the last portraits of Massenet                                 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMme. Pauline Viardot                                                  84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitta Ruffo, Caruso and Chaliapine                                   110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Forum from the First Act of _Roma_ (_See page 300_)              154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePosthumia (_Roma_) (_See page 297_)                                  170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Arbell                                                          212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersephone in _Ariane_                                               244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQueen Amahelly (_Bacchus_)                                           268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDulcinée (_Don Quichotte_)                                           282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFacsimile of Massenet's Reply to an Invitation to Visit America      296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMY RECOLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMY ADMISSION TO THE CONSERVATOIRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWere I to live a thousand years--which is hardly likely--I should never\u003cbr\u003eforget that fateful day, February 24, 1848, when I was just six years\u003cbr\u003eold. Not so much because it coincided with the fall of the Monarchy of\u003cbr\u003eJuly, as that it marked the first steps of my musical career--a career\u003cbr\u003ewhich, even yet, I am not sure was my real destiny, so great is my love\u003cbr\u003efor the exact sciences!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt that time I lived with my parents in the Rue de Beaune in an\u003cbr\u003eapartment overlooking the great gardens. The day promised to be fine,\u003cbr\u003ebut it was very cold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe were at luncheon when the waitress rushed into the room like a\u003cbr\u003emaniac. \"_Aux armes, citoyens!_\" she yelled, throwing rather than\u003cbr\u003eplacing the plates on the table.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was too young to understand what was going on in the streets. All I\u003cbr\u003ecan remember is that riots broke out and that the Revolution smashed\u003cbr\u003ethe throne of the most debonair of kings. The feelings which stirred my\u003cbr\u003efather were entirely different from those which disturbed my mother's\u003cbr\u003ealready distracted soul.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145758916848,"sku":"2940013613027","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013613027_p0.jpg?v=1763583317","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013613027","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}