He was a good musician, but no more than that.
His choral piece was insignificant and remained a dead letter.

Berlioz took this lost effect and used it in his _Tuba Mirum_.
However, it must be confessed that this effect does not come up to expectations.

In a church or a concert hall we hear a confused and terrifying mingling of sounds, and from time to time we note a change in the depth of tone but we are unable to distinguish the pitch of the chords.
I shall never forget the impression this _Tuba Mirum_ made on me when I first heard it at St.Eustache under Berlioz's own direction.

It amounted to an absolute neglect of the author's directions.

The beginning of the work is marked _moderato_, later, as the brass comes in, the movement is quickened and becomes _andante maestro_.