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Meyerbeer and Flute

harp, which are heard above the melody which is sung out by the 'cellos.

The solo "Dall' Aurora," in L'Êtoile du Nord, is accompanied by a double obligato on two flutes—one flute is behind the scene and the other is on the stage, and has a cadenza along with the voice. Chorley remarks that this trio is "better as a concert-piece

Meyerbeer, Cadenza in Les Huguenots ii.


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    g( d) d\staccato d\staccato cis\staccato e\staccato
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    b,4(\trill \tuplet 3/2 {d16 g b)}
    g,4(\trill \tuplet 3/2 {b16 d g)}
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  g,2 \bar "|"
}

than when heard in the opera, because there the songstress must remain at such a distance from both instruments (the flautist on the stage being merely a mime) that all the intimacy of response and dialogue is lost, and the effect is that of a soprano scrambling against a double echo." It was performed at the Philharmonic Concerts in 1857 (Pratten and Card) and in

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