112 ❧ chapter ten
in the Mozart, ballets, stage action, arias, scenery, and lighting appear fresh in
the minds of the performers, often with many a bit of ballet-ish clowning or
vocal dialogue in the green room or in the intervals of rehearsals. Bach is as
churchly as Mozart is theatrical, and yet beneath the surface in both of them is
the devoutness and humor of wonderful simplicity.
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