History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time

Note 108 — Chapter XIX · ROSSINI—SPOHR—BEETHOVEN—WEBER AND HOFFMANN.

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New form of his overtures, national melodies, &c.—(Straker). Love of traditions, melancholy, fanciful, spiritual; also popular.—(Der Freischütz).

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