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Her finish has given occasion to the witticism that the most beautiful thing in the work is the last note. To this I see no reason to demur; it contains nothing more entrancing than the rise to the fifth of the chord at her final cadence Once more the love-motive is softly breathed in the oboi and the whole closes on the chord of B major three times repeated by the orchestra.

Den you should see de solid wall open like de gate of ane city, and den let me see ay, you should see first one stag pursued by three black greyhounds, and they should pull him down as they do at de elector's great hunting-match; and den one ugly, little, nasty black negro should appear and take de stag from them and paf all should be gone; den you should hear horns winded dat all de ruins should ring mine wort, they should play fine hunting piece, as goot as him you call'd Fischer with his oboi; vary well den comes one herald, as we call Ernhold, winding his horn and den come de great Peolphan, called de mighty Hunter of de North, mounted on hims black steed.

Wagner usually employs his wind in groups of at least three in each colour e.g. three flutes, two oboi and one English horn, two clarinets and a bass clarinet, etc. and so is able to keep his colours pure.

Den you should see de solid wall open like de gate of ane city, and den let me see ay, you should see first one stag pursued by three black greyhounds, and they should pull him down as they do at de elector's great hunting-match; and den one ugly, little, nasty black negro should appear and take de stag from them and paf all should be gone; den you should hear horns winded dat all de ruins should ring mine wort, they should play fine hunting piece, as goot as him you call'd Fischer with his oboi; vary well den comes one herald, as we call Ernhold, winding his horn and den come de great Peolphan, called de mighty Hunter of de North, mounted on hims black steed.

Amplifications of the same harmonies introduced a fresh accession of violoncelli and oboi contrasted artfully in syncopation, till at length the strides of the accelerando gave a glittering precipitation to the entrance of the second and longest movement. "Then Anastase turned upon me, and with the first bar we fell into a tumultuous presto.