COMIC OPERA

A musical score for a vocal part consists of seven staves of music with lyrics printed underneath. The first four staves are in a major key, while the final three staves, marked "Minor," are in G minor, indicated by two flats in the key signature.

...fickle, without committing myself to seek revenge; but it saddens me to even think of it. No, no, Julien, nothing from the tender heart that prefers you could ever become a fickle heart.

original: "Mineur"; a musical direction indicating a shift to a minor key, often used in 18th century opera to signal a change in emotion or a more serious, pastoral tone.

Sometimes in the grove original: "bocage"; a small wooded area or thicket, a staple setting for romantic encounters in pastoral plays., I hear the little birds; their pleasures beneath the branches create the image of our love.

Comic opera
Minor
grove
Julien
birds
pleasures