CHAPTER V

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"THE BARBER OF SEVILLE."

Contract for the "Barber"--Rossini and the Music-Publishers--Getting to work--The Composer and the Librettist--Hard work--Preface to the "Barber" 127

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"THE BARBER OF SEVILLE"--FIRST REPRESENTATION.

The Two Overtures--Madame Giorgi Righetti--Almaviva's Air--Trio of the Music-Lesson--Transpositions 141

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