Lexicographical Neighbors of Comique
Literary usage of Comique
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac, William Marchant, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1903)
"Then began the marvellously fruitful period of production of dramatic works by
this illustrious composer: — La Double Echelle, opera-comique, one act (1837) ..."
2. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"But, it may be said, the managerial methods of procedure, the " orders of the
day " which governed the early productions at the Opera comique, continued in ..."
3. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"20, 1899, as the "THEATRE comique," by Leo C. Teller, with a burlesque performance.
Gus Hill became associate manager Dec. 18 by advancing $1000. ..."
4. My Recollections by Jules Massenet, Harry Villiers Barnett (1919)
"CHAPTER XV THE ABBE PREVOST AT THE OPERA-comique One autumn morning in 18811 ...
Carvalho, the director of the Opera-comique, had entrusted to me the three ..."
5. My Recollections by Jules Massenet, Harry Villiers Barnett (1919)
"CHAPTER XV THE ABBE PREVOST AT THE OPERA-comique One autumn morning in 18811 ...
Carvalho, the director of the Opera-comique, had entrusted to me the three ..."
6. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"After his death, which took place in Paris on July 5, 1884, a representation of
the work took place at the Opéra-comique in the composer's honour (April 25, ..."
7. Marchesi and Music: Passages from the Life of a Famous Singing-teacher by Mathilde Marchesi (1905)
"DURING the night of the 25th to the 26th of May, 1887, the Paris Opera comique
theatre was burned down, burying hundreds of people in its ruins. ..."
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