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[ The violoncello and double-bass have, properly speaking, no independent part; they only strengthen the fundamental bass, which would not be sufficiently prominent with the second bassoons alone.]
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[ This Adagio has been arranged to an offertory, "Quis te comprehendat" (Coblenz: Falkenberg).]
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[ It has already been remarked that a relationship exists between the melodies of Mozart's instrumental works, and those of his German—never of his Italian—operas; there are in this serenata suggestions here and there of the "Entfuhrung," which was composed soon after.]
FOOTNOTES OF CHAPTER XXIII.
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[ Nicolai, Reise, V., p. 231.]
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[ This rondo (373 K.) was composed, according to the autograph, on April 2, 1781, for Brunetti; it is in C major (allegretto grazioso 2-4,) accompanied by the quartet, two oboes, and two horns, and is simple and graceful without much demand of execution.]