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[ According to M. von Weber (C. M. von Weber, IM p. 6), Fridolin von Weber (b. 1733), alter studying law in Freiburg and becoming Doctor of Theology, succeeded his father as agent to the Schönau estate in 1754. Karl Theodor, finding him a first-rate singer and violinist, took him to Mannheim. His younger brother, Franz Anton, was the father of C. M. von Weber. In the album of Franz Anton's son Edmund, Mozart wrote: "Vienna, January 8, 1787, five o'clock in the morning, before setting out.—Be industrious; flee from idleness, and never forget your loving cousin, Wolfgang Amade Mozart.">[
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[ This is confirmed by Schubart (Aesthetik, p. 192). Cf. Musjk. Alman. (Alethinop, 1782).]
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[ Schubart says of Vogler (Aesthetik, p. 135): "His lessons in singing were much sought after. The well-known singer Lange, of Vienna, was his pupil. She has heighth and depth, and accents her notes accurately. She sings piena voce and mezza voce equally well. Her portamento, the accuracy of her reading, the delicacy of her delivery, her megzotinto, her wonderful cadenzas, and her dignified bearing, are in great measure due to her great master." Some of all this should be ascribed to Mozart. Vogler's lessons were given at a later time in Munich. Brandes, on the contrary (Selbstbiogr., II., p. 260), says that Kirnberger and others warned him against Vogler as a cacher for his daughter Minna.]
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[ Piccinni's "Roland," the first opera he wrote in Paris, was performed early in 1778.]
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[ "I have many very good friends in Mannheim (influential and wealthy ones)," he writes (March 24, 1778), "who all wish me to remain. Well, wherever I am well paid, there I stay. Who knows?—it may come to pass; I wish for it, and, as usual, I am full of hope.">[