Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 505
play nor write formally, he often workedfor years on a piece of music, changing, cutting,and improving. They say that of his opera Fi-delio he made as many as eighteen differentversions. He had the power of imitation, too, though thatwas not his greatest strength. As we can see thesunlight flash on… … BEETHOVENS PRACTICE PIANO. thunder-storm, a shepherds song, and a final re-joicing. We hear the murmur of the brook andthe mutter of thunder; the violins make flashesof lightning; the flute, oboe, and clarinet mimicthe nightingale, quail, and cuckoo. One part ofthe symphony pictures a rustic…
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