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."
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} \relative c'' {
\time 3/4
\tempo "Allegro moderato"
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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\!
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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."
}
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indent = 2\cm
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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.
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