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 successors had, more or less, a powerful tone, but they made a trumpet of the flute. [This reminds one of Mrs. Browning's line, 'I am no trumpet, but a reed.'] Their tone was loud enough, but loudness alone is not what is wanted for singing."

Other famous exponents of the French style were Altes, Taffanel, and more recently Krantz, who is renowned for the softness and "flutey" character of his tone and his observance of light and shade. Amongst present-day exponents of the German school the most prominent are Prill; Tillmetz, a pupil of Böhm, who in 1882 performed in Parsival at Bayreuth under Wagner himself, and is noted for his technique; and Büchner; whilst among the ItaliansNegri, Rabboni, Boucher, Ciardi, and Briccialdi had an able successor in Ernesto Köhler, a native of Modena, who settled in St. Petersburg, and whose brilliant execution and fine tone were considered second to none in all Europe. He died in 1907.