"Welcher" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... treatment of the simple air. The finale begins with another terzetto for the three boys ("Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkuenden"). It may be termed a finale of surprises, as it contains two numbers which are as far apart in character as the poles,—the first, an old choral melody ("Der, welcher wandelt diese Strasse"), the original being, "Christ, our Lord, to Jordan came," set to an accompaniment, strengthened by the trombones and other wind instruments; and the second, a nonsense duet ("Pa-pa-Papageno") for Papageno and Papagena, which would close the opera in a burst of childish hilarity ...
— The Standard Operas (12th edition) • George P. Upton |
