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[ Musik. Corresp., 1788, p. 70.]
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[ A. M. Z., XXVIII., p. 354.]
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[ Schubart, Aesthetik, p. 182.]
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[ L. Mozart had written to his son (November 2,1777): "I wish you could get something to do in Mannheim. They always play German operas; perhaps you could get one to write. If this should happen, you know beforehand that I should recommend the easy popular style of composition; the grand and dignified style is proper for grand affairs; everything in its place." It is plain that he only contemplated vaudeville, and had heard nothing of the new appearance of a grand German opera.]
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[ They were the children of the actress Seiffert (Countess Haydeck). The son was afterwards Prince von Brezenheim; the daughters were married to men of high rank. Hausser, Geschichte der rhein. Pfalz, II., p. 934.]