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for the fulfilment of his promise, except to eight-tenths of those that remained. Two months after the opening of the course M. Cheve printed at his own expense a collection of one hundred and forty pieces of music from the best composers, and gave a copy to each of his pupils, that they might read from the printed page instead of the blackboard. Three months after the opening of the course General Lascours visited the gymnasium and was present during one of the lessons. He was struck, as were all the visitors on that occasion, by the progress obtained. The pupils were already far advanced in intonation and in time: they read easily in all the keys, and sung pieces together with great spirit and correctness. On April 25, 1843, the general returned, accompanied by Madame Lascours and all the officers of his staff. The following was the programme of the occasion: (1) A quartette from Webbe; (2) A Languedoc air in three parts, from Desrues; (3) A trio from the opera of _[OE]dipus in Colonna_, by Sacchini; (4) Singing at sight intervals of all kinds, major and minor; (5) Singing at sight in eight different keys; (6) Two rounds in three voices from Siller; (7) A quartette from the _Clemenza di Tito_ of Mozart; (8) A quartette from the _Iphigenia_ of Gluck; (9) A trio from the _Corysander_, or the _Magic Rose_ of Berton; (10) Exercise upon the tonic in all the keys, major and minor; (11) Exercise in naming notes vocalized; (12) Singing at sight a trio from the _Magic Flute_ of Mozart; (13) _Ave Regina_, by Choron--three voices; (14) The _Gondolier_, a round in three parts, by Desrues; (15) A quartette from the _Magic Flute_; (16) Chorus from the _Tancredi_ of Rossini; (17) The "Prayer" from _Joseph_, by Mehul. This is certainly a remarkable programme to be filled by illiterate soldiers with only six months' training. "It would be difficult," says the official report, "to paint the astonishment of the spectators upon this occasion. The confidence and readiness with which these soldier-students of music sang at sight the most difficult intonations, major and minor, the facility with which they read in all the keys, and, finally, the certainty and spontaneity with which they _all, without exception_, recognized and named various sounds vocalized, showed clearly that they possessed a very superior knowledge of intonation. All the pieces which they sung were rendered with irreproachable correctness, though the professor did
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