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[ The unfinished allegro movement in B flat major (372 K.), begun on March 24, 1781, probably belongs to this sonata, which was not afterwards written down.]
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[ The words of the rondo (374 K., Concertarien, No. 5), "A questo seno," appear to have been taken from an opera called "Zeira." A short recitative introduces the rondo, of which the theme is thrice repeated and closes with a coda. The song is simple throughout, without any passages, and for a voice of moderate compass; the accompaniment (the quartet, two oboes and two horns) is also easy. It is plain that Ceccarelli was a singer of no pretensions. The cantilene, however, is expressive, and there are some original harmonic touches.]
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[ The mother of the composer, at that time prima donna at the German Theatre (Jahrb. d. Tonkunst, 1796, p. 69).]
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[ "The Imperial Councillor, Von Braun, is one of our greatest musical connoisseurs. He thinks very highly of the compositions of the great Ph. Emanuel Bach; and here he is opposed by the majority of the public in Vienna." (Nicolai, Reise, IV., p. 556.)]
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[ There was a chorus of 200 voices for Dittersdorf s "Esther," 1772 (Selbst-biogr., p. 203). K. R[isbeck] speaks of 400 assistants (Briefe, I., p. 276).]