Chapter 28 "GUILLAUME TELL."

BEFORE attacking "Guillaume Tell," Rossini retired into the country; and this time devoted, not thirteen days to the production of the entire work, as in the case of that comic masterpiece "Il Barbiere," but six months to the pianoforte score alone. It was at the chateau of M. Aguado, the well-known banker, that Rossini wrote the whole of "Guillaum