He now returned to Berlin, but his opera, "_Das Brandenburger Thor_," which he had written for Berlin, was not performed, owing to opposing intrigues. Nevertheless, for about six years Meyerbeer remained in his native city, married, and presently lost two infant children. In 1830 he took up his abode in Paris, where already his "_Il Crociato_" had been performed, in 1826, and in that city, as the leading composer for grand opera, he lived six years, and finally died there. For the Paris stage he produced a succession of large and sensational operas, following to some extent the footsteps of Spontini, in respect to the heroic, the spectacular and the theatrical. Up to the time of his going to Paris, Meyerbeer had figured as an Italian composer in grace of melody, German in his harmony, and now he became a French composer in refinements of rhythm. His first work in Paris was "_Robert le Diable_," 1831, and it made his reputation, and at the same time made an epoch in operatic construction. It was followed by "_Les Huguenots_," 1838, which when played in Berlin, in 1842, so pleased the king, Friedrich Wilhelm IV, that he created Meyerbeer "General Musical Director" for Prussia, and Meyerbeer came to Berlin to reside. Here in 1842 he wrote his "_Das Feldlager in Schlesien_" in which Jenny Lind made a great success. Later, however, he made over a great part of this music for his opera of "_L'Etoile du Nord_," 1854, for the Opera Comique in Paris. His remaining works were "_L'Africaine_," performed after his death, in 1865; "_Le Prophete_," 1843, and "_Dinorah_," 1859. He died in Paris while superintending the production of his "_L'Africaine_." In his will he left a fund of 10,000 thalers, the interest of which to be used as a prize for the support of a young German composer during eighteen months' study in Italy, Germany and France, six months in each. Besides the operas above mentioned Meyerbeer wrote a quantity of other music for orchestra, cantatas, and occasional pieces for festival purposes, of which the "Schiller March" is an example.