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[ The A. M. Z., XV., p. 512, narrates an apocryphal anecdote to the effect that the Emperor Joseph once wrote a song, and secretly inserted it in a little Italian opera which he gave in his private theatre at Schönbrunn. On his asking Mozart what he thought of the song, the latter, "with childlike frankness and gaiety," replied, "The song is good, but he that wrote it is better.">[
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[ A. M. Z., XV., p. 66. Reichardt, Mus. Monatschr., 1792, p. 57.]
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[ A characteristic scene is related by Mosel (Salieri, p. 130).]
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[ Dittersdorf tells a story which illustrates this (Selbstbiogr., p. 241)]
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[ Reichardt, A. M. Z., XV., p. 667 (Schletterer, Reichardt, p. 325; Griesinger Biogr. Not. übcr Jos. Haydn, p. 63).]