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Although one of the most brilliant operatic composers of his day, it is a curious fact that less attention has been paid by the biographers of the period to Friedrich von Flotow than to many minor and less gifted musicians.
Although all Flotow's works are distinguished by their freshness of melody and cheerfulness of character, "Stradella " and "Martha"are generally considered to take the leading position. Indeed, his later productions were deemed by some critics to be mere "diluted editions" of the two already mentioned. Certainly they did not achieve conspicuous success. |
