▁th ence , ▁via ▁Jacques ▁Off en bach ' s ▁op ér as ▁bou ff es ▁to ▁the ▁genre ▁of ▁oper etta ). ▁Op ér as ▁com iques ▁showing ▁a ▁deb t ▁to ▁Ross ini ' s ▁style ▁include ▁François - Ad rien ▁Bo ield ieu ' s ▁La ▁d ame ▁blan che ▁( 1 8 2 5 ) ▁and ▁Daniel ▁A uber ' s ▁Fra ▁Dia vol o ▁( 1 8 3 0 ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁works ▁by ▁Ferdinand ▁H éro ld , ▁Ad ol phe ▁Adam ▁and ▁From ental ▁Hal év y . ▁Crit ical ▁of ▁Ross ini ' s ▁style ▁was ▁H ector ▁Ber li oz , ▁who ▁wrote ▁of ▁his ▁" mel od ic ▁c yn ic ism , ▁his ▁cont empt ▁for ▁dram atic ▁and ▁good ▁sense , ▁his ▁end less ▁repet ition ▁of ▁a ▁single ▁form ▁of ▁cad ence , ▁his ▁et ernal ▁pu er ile ▁cres c endo ▁and ▁his ▁brut al ▁bass ▁drum ". ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁perhaps ▁in ev itable ▁that ▁the ▁form id able ▁reputation ▁which ▁Ross ini ▁had ▁built ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime ▁would ▁fade ▁there after . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁less ▁than ▁twenty ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁composer ' s ▁death , ▁Bernard ▁Shaw ▁wrote : ▁" The ▁once ▁universal ▁Ross ini , ▁whose ▁Sem ir am ide ▁appeared ▁to ▁our ▁gre ener ▁grand f athers ▁a ▁N ine ves que ▁wonder , ▁came ▁at ▁last ▁to ▁be ▁no ▁longer ▁looked ▁upon ▁as ▁a ▁serious ▁music ian ."