The first use of a harpsichord in a 20th century work occurred in Massenet's opera Thérèse, in a scene where Armand tries to convince Thérèse to run away with him and "remember that summer night in Versailles [before the revolution], when we opened the ball with that tender Menuet, the Menuet d'amour." The use of a delicate harpsichord minuet overlaid with the verismo vocal style characteristic of the rest of the opera [omitted here], not only accentuates the unrealistic lover's expectations, but also sends a political message: after the French revolution (1789), minuets were reminders of aristocracy and could get one into, as they say, hot water. Massenet's harpsichordist was the celebrated pianist and pedagogue Louis Dièmer.