Prima la musica e poi le parole

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Prima la musica e poi le parole (It. ‘First the music and then the words’.). Opera in 1 act by Salieri to lib. by Casti. Comp. 1785. Prod. Vienna 1786. Richard Strauss was inspired by it to comp. his last opera, Capriccio (1942), on the relative merits of words and mus. in opera.

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