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[ Rousseau had apparently a natural musical talent, which was quickened by Italian music; his logical reflections sometimes led him into error, but he remained accessible to new musical impressions, even when they contradicted his expressed opinions.]
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[ Diderot appears to have had some musical taste, but not much cultivation, and in this respect Grimm had some influence upon his opinions, as he certainly had upon Grimm's in more important matters. The article "Poème lyrique" in the Encyclopédie (publ. Corr. Litt., XV., p. 349), is a curious mixture of Italian taste, and of reflections after Diderot's manner: the views it upholds are often warped and superficial.]
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[ Grimm, Corr. Litt., VI., p. 229. The parodies are collected in Les Parodies du Nouveau Théätre Italien ( Paris, 1738,I.-IV.). Supplément aux Parodies (Paris, 1763,1. III.).]
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[ Favart, Mém., I., p. XVII.]
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[ Favart, Mém., I., pp. 203, 214, 228, 233.]