Note 117 — CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Mary Blaiklock translation
Quoted from Saint-Saëns by Edmond Hippeau in Henry VIII et L'Opéra français, 1883. M. Saint-Saëns speaks elsewhere of "these works, well written, but heavy and unattractive, and reflecting in a tiresome way the narrow and pedantic spirit of certain little towns in Germany" (Harmonie et Mélodie).