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 melody, whilst the second flute and second clarinet play arpeggios with contrary motion. Weber is fond of arpeggios on the flute and also of blending the flutes and clarinets together. He very frequently uses the flute in unison with the voice. In Euryanthe, when the heroine is deserted in the forest, it is the flute that voices her desolation. He also makes full use of the middle and upper registers, and has written many bright and florid flute passages:e.g., the overture to, Preciosa Overture. Preciosa. The flute is very prominent throughout all his operashe writes well for it and gives it good, full, and melodious parts; I would instance Killian's song in the first scene of Freischültz, where the flute plays a, Der Freischütz. Killian's Song.