"I will get up and write the music," said Rossini; "you shall have it in a quarter of an hour." And he kept his word, whether literally or not in respect of time does not matter.

When the opera was again performed it contained the chorus with its melody which provided Paganini with material for one of his sensational performances on the G-string.
[figure: a musical score excerpt] Carpani tells the story and describes the effect upon the audience which heard it for the first time.

Laughter was just beginning in the pit when the public was surprised to note that Moses was about to sing.
The people stopped laughing and prepared to listen.

They were awed by the beauty of the minor strain which was echoed by Aaron and then by the chorus of Israelites.

The host marched across the mimic sea and fell on its knees, and the music burst forth again, but now in the major mode.