▁music , ▁Pac ini ▁took ▁time ▁to ▁assess ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁opera ▁in ▁Italy ▁and , ▁during ▁a ▁five - year ▁period ▁during ▁which ▁he ▁stopped ▁compos ing , ▁laid ▁out ▁his ▁ideas ▁in ▁his ▁Mem oir s . ▁Like ▁Sa ver io ▁Mer c ad ante , ▁who ▁also ▁re ass essed ▁the ▁strength ▁and ▁weak ness es ▁of ▁this ▁period ▁in ▁opera , ▁Pac ini ' s ▁style ▁did ▁change , ▁but ▁he ▁quickly ▁became ▁e cli ps ed ▁by ▁the ▁rising ▁influence ▁of ▁Giuseppe ▁Ver di ▁on ▁the ▁Italian ▁oper atic ▁scene , ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁oper as ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁old ▁fashion ed ▁and ▁rarely , ▁if ▁ever , ▁appeared ▁outside ▁of ▁Italy ." ▁ ▁Pac ini ' s ▁work ▁is ▁largely ▁forgotten ▁today , ▁although ▁some ▁record ings ▁do ▁exist . ▁ ▁Career ▁as ▁composer ▁During ▁his ▁lifetime , ▁Pac ini ▁wrote ▁some ▁ 7 4 ▁oper as . ▁This ▁is ▁less ▁than ▁earlier ▁estimates , ▁which ▁r anged ▁from ▁ 8 0 ▁to ▁ 9 0 , ▁since ▁it ▁has ▁now ▁been ▁as cert ained ▁that ▁many ▁were ▁just ▁alternate ▁titles ▁for ▁other ▁works . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁noted ▁that ▁he ▁" b other ed ▁little ▁about ▁harm ony ▁and ▁instrument ation ", ▁a ▁fact ▁supported ▁by ▁Ross ini ▁who ▁once ▁said : ▁" G od ▁help ▁us ▁if ▁he ▁knew ▁music . ▁No ▁one ▁could ▁resist ▁him ". ▁C ertain ly , ▁Pac ini ▁recognized ▁Ross ini ' s ▁strength s ▁and ▁his ▁domin ance