Maître à danser = Maître de danse to-day

7. La scène est à Paris. The same scenery lasts for ail the acts. It will be noticed that ail the events occur on the same day, thus observing the unity of time. Indeed the play is one continuons act, broken into by music and dancing. See Introduction, page vi.

Pag'e 1. — I. L’ouverture. The play has an overture because it is primarily a ballet to be danced to music. In this case the music was written by Jean-Baptiste Lulli (1633-1687), the creator of French opéra.

2. sérénade. The words of this serenade are to be found in Act I., Scenell: “ Je languis,” etc. As the curtain rises the music-master’s pupil is heard humming the air which he is composing for the words.

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