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 third part, three flutes are used to depict the earthly paradise. The third flute was apparently to be played , The Creation, "On Mighty Pens." by the oboe-player, as it is written into his part. Macfarren has said of this passage, "The morning of, The Creation. Opening, Part III. the world, with all the freshness and stillness of our loveliest summer-tide experience, might by such gentle sounds indeed be wakened to find the pulse of nature vibrating in soft harmonies like priestly voices from the ancient statue [of Memnon] to greet its dawning." Haydn shows great skill in combining the flute with several other instruments; thus in the opening of his "Military" symphony