There are some pages of this sort in _Christus_.
But there are beautiful and wonderful things in this vast work.

If we regret that the author lingered too long in his imitation of the _Pifferari_ of the Roman campagna, on the other hand, we are delighted by the symphonic interlude _Les Bergers a la Creche_.

It is very simple, but in an inimitable simplicity of taste which is the secret of great artists alone.

It is surprising that this interlude does not appear in the repertoire of all concerts.
The Dante symphony has not established itself in the repertoires as has the Faust symphony.

It was performed for the first time in Paris at a concert I organized and managed at a time when Liszt's works were distrusted.