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[ Nissen, p. 226. A. M. Z.. XXII., Beil. I.]
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[ Rudhart, Gesch. d. Oper zu München, I., p. 138.]
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[ Burney, Reise, I., p. 96.]
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[ It consisted, according to L. Mozart, of 14 first and as many second violins, 2 claviers, 2 double-basses, 6 violoncelli, 2 bassoons, 6 viols, 2 oboes, and 2 "flautraversen," "which always play with 4 oboes when there are no flutes," 4 corni di caccia, and 2 clarini, in all, 60 performers.]
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[ A Bolognese exclaimed of Dittersdorf's playing, "Come è mai possibile, che una tartaruga tedesca possa arrivare a tale perfezione!" (Selbstbiogr., p. III.)]