His method of treating the organ is wonderful, and his idea of the ritournello _Sur le Jeu de hautbois_ is charming.

This precedes and introduces the children's chorus, and is constructed on a novel theme which is developed brilliantly by the choruses, the orchestra and the organ combined.

The repetition of the _Domine Salvum_ at the end of the scene, which bursts forth abruptly in a different key, is full of color and character.
[Illustration: Meyerbeer, Composer of _Les Huguenots_] III The story of _Le Pardon de Ploermel_ is interesting.

It was first called _Dinorah_, a name which Meyerbeer picked up abroad.

But Meyerbeer liked to change the titles of his operas several times in the course of the rehearsals in order to keep public curiosity at fever heat.