ABSTRACT
The sublime style comprehends several shades of character, particularly the simple, the terrific and the intricate. It acquires also by combination with the beautiful and the ornamental styles a difference of the quality. Grandeur and ornament are heard together in Gliick's overture to Ifigenie and in that to La clemenza di Tito by Mozart, for Modern Music is frequently grand and magnificent but rarely contains simple sublimity. Sublimity and grandeur are indeed frequently used as convertible terms. The overture consists of three movements. The introduction is a happy union of majesty and grace. The subjects are sustained without rigour. The predominance of the sublime is relieved by an elegant pastoral passage for the stringed Instruments and also by the unexpected soft conclusion. The simplicity and solemnity of the measure and subjects of the symphony and accompaniments of the exquisitely beautiful and expressive air 'he sung Darius, great and good' are worthy of the highest admiration.
