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[ Wolfgang had promised to compose an aria for him, but had not done so when he was summoned to Munich for "Idomeneo", reproached by his father, he found time in the full swing of his work at "Idomeneo" to write this aria and send it to Salzburg (November 22,1780).]
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[ The Wien. Ztg. (1786, No. 31) contains an obituary notice. Cf. Gervinus, Gesch. d. Poet. Nat. Litt., IV., p. 590.]
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[ Published in Vienna, 1774, Frankfort, 1775, and in Freih. von Gebler's Theatralischen Werken (Prague and Dresden 1772), III., p. 305.]
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[ Confirmed by an expression of Mozart to his father, written from Vienna (February 15, 1783): "I am really sorry that I cannot make use of the music to "Thamos." The piece, having failed here, is destined to be never again performed. If it were, it would be solely on account of the music, and that is scarcely likely. It is certainly a pity!" Mozart gave his music, in 1786, to the needy theatrical manager Bulla, who made a good profit by it (Nissen, p. 685); "König Thamos" was given the same year in Berlin (Teichmann's Litt. Nachl., p. 40). The whole composition was successfully performed at Frankfort in the winter of 1865, with a connecting poem by Gisb. von Vincke.]
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[ Cf. Schmid, Nekrolog, 1., p. 363.]