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I was going by Wiki for the Barber one, which assured me that such a machine was employed. However I just found this:
Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville")
I don't imagine that Rossini specified a wind machine in the orchestra for his famous opera buffa, but there is a storm near the end of the work and I have read the occasional review suggesting that some productions employ a wind machine for added verisimilitude.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
a (piano) sonata in E flat, a wind quintet, a 1480 chanson
Arioso?
LvB Op 110
The Arioso Wind Quintet
Arioso madrigal...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
not on the card I fear - though you're right with Beethoven (op 110 is in A flat)
the quintet is a work rather than ensemble
Buon giorno by the way
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
I feel like a carpet-bagger, snaffling up all these helpful clues....
Les Adieux (Beethoven piano sonata)
Adieu (Stockhausen Wind Quintet)
Adieu mes amours (1480 chanson)
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