[183] So appropriately called by Berlioz the "heroine of the orchestra."
[184] A striking illustration of this progression (surely Weber's most characteristic mannerism) is naïvely supplied by Weingartner; when, in his own orchestral arrangement of Weber's Invitation to the Dance, for the final climax he assembles all the leading themes in combination—an effect made possible only by their common harmonic basis.
[185] This whole article is well worth reading and may be found in that breezy though somewhat erratic volume called [Old Scores and New Readings].
[186] Not given in the Supplement since good arrangements for two and four hands are numerous. To gain the real effect the student is strongly advised to consult the orchestral score.
[187] The genesis of so many similar effects in modern music, notably in Wagner.
[188] Perhaps the whirligig of time may restore them; who can say?
[189] The life in Grove's Dictionary is well worth while; there are essays by Krehbiel and others and, above all, the biographical and critical accounts in the two French series: Les Musiciens Célèbres, and Les Maîtres de la Musique.
[190] Because of an unfortunate accident to one of his fingers this ambition, however, had to be abandoned. The world thereby gained a great composer.