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[ The beautifully engraved score (by Götz, of Mannheim) is dedicated to Karl Theodor, "the enlightened patron of music, under whose mighty protection the palatinate stage first sang a German hero.">[
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[ The scenery was painted by Quaglio; the ballet was arranged by Lauchery, and composed by Cannabich. Burney says (Reise, II., p. 72) that 48,000 florins were spent on a carnival opera.]
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[ Teutsche Chronik, 1766, p. 630.]
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[ The opera was successfully performed several times at Mannheim during 1785. Schiller's Thalia, I., p. 185 (Boas. Nachtr., II., p. 32, 494).]
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[ There is a long discussion on the subject in the Rhein. Beitr., 1777, I., p. 377. Cf. Betrachtungen der Mannheim. Tonschule, I., p. 116, Etwas von u. üb. Musik, p. 34. Düntzen Frauenbilder a. Goethe's Jugendheit, p. 258.]