Grétry

A great deal of the poetry set to music by Gretry is by Marmontel.

It is to set self-conscious philosophy singing and dancing, like the young Gretry, to the tune of a waterfall.

I should like much to introduce you, the first opportunity, to my friends in the Rue Gretry, for I like obliging my countrymen.

Hitherto he had been a bear; now, after the talk with Gretry, he had secretly "turned bull" with the suddenness of a strategist.

Then God curse you, Sam Gretry, for the man who failed me in a crisis!