CHAPTER IX.
"CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA" How Mascagni's opera impressed the author when it was new, Attic tragedy and Attic decorum, The loathsome operatic brood which it spawned, Not matched by the composer or his imitators since, Mascagni's account of how it came to be written, et seq .-- Verga's story, et seq .-- Story and libretto compared, The Siciliano, The Easter hymn, Analysis of the opera, et seq .-- The prelude, Lola's stornello, The intermezzo, "They have killed Neighbor Turiddu!".