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Weber's Operas

melody, whilst the second flute and second clarinet play arpeggios with contrary motion. Weber is fond of arpeggios on the flute and also of blending the flutes and clarinets together. He very frequently uses the flute in unison with the voice. In Euryanthe, when the heroine is deserted in the forest, it is the flute that voices her desolation. He also makes full use of the middle and upper registers, and has written many bright and florid flute passages:—e.g., the overture to

Weber, Preciosa Overture.


\new Staff \with {
  instrumentName = "FLUTE."
  midiInstrument = "flute"
} \relative c'' {
  \time 3/4
  \tempo "Allegro moderato"
  \override TupletBracket.tuplet-slur = ##t
  \override TupletBracket.bracket-visibility = ##t
  \override DynamicTextSpanner.style = #'none
  \autoBeamOff
  r4 r \tuplet 3/2 8 {a16([\p b c)] c([ d e)]}
  e4(\accent c) \tuplet 3/2 8 {c16([ d e)] e([ fis g)]}
  g4(\accent e) \tuplet 3/2 8 {e16([\cresc fis g)] g([ a b)]}
  \autoBeamOn
  c8\f c16\staccato c\staccato c8\staccato c\staccato \acciaccatura {d8} c16( b c e)
  d2\> g,8. g16\!
  \autoBeamOff
  e'8[ \tuplet 3/2 8 {e16( d c)] d([ c b)] c([ b a)] b([ a g)] a([ g fis)]}
  \autoBeamOn
  fis8.\trill e16 dis4 b'8 \tuplet 3/2 {b16\staccato b\staccato b\staccato}
  b4.( a16 gis) gis( fis) e\staccato dis\staccato
  e8 \tuplet 3/2 {e'16\staccato e\staccato e\staccato} e4. r8_"etc."
}
\layout {
  indent = 2\cm
}

Preciosa. The flute is very prominent throughout all his operas—he writes well for it and gives it good, full, and melodious parts; I would instance Killian's song in the first scene of Freischültz, where the flute plays a

Weber, Der Freischütz. Killian's Song.


\new Staff \with {
  instrumentName = \markup \center-column {
                                            "SOLO FLUTE"
                                            "& CELLO."
                                          }
  midiInstrument = "flute"
} \relative c'' {
  \key g \major
  d4. b'16 a g8 \acciaccatura {a8} g16 fis g a b c
  d8\staccato cis16( e) d8\staccato ais16( c) b8\staccato fis16( a) g8\staccato gis\staccato
  a\staccato cis,16( e) d8\staccato cis'16( e) d8\staccato b16( d) c8\staccato a\staccato
  g8 b16 a( 
    g fis) e\staccato d\staccato 
    cis( d) fis\staccato e\staccato 
    d\staccato c\staccato b\staccato a\staccato
  g4 r r2
}
\layout {
  indent = 2\cm
}

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