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[ "Operettas are the favourite pieces in Berlin, and cost a great deal of money," wrote Ramier to Knebel, in 1772 (Litt Nachl., II., p. 36). He paid the actors of the first parts one louis-d'or, of the second one ducat, and the rest two gulden for a first performance (Plümicke, Entwurf e. Theatergesch. von Berlin, p. 274).]
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[ Briefe e. Aufmerks. Reisenden, I., p. 147.]
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[ Briefe e. Aufmerks. Reisenden, II., p. 94. Burney, Reise, III., p. 46.]
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[ "Comic operas push out all tragedies and legitimate drama," complained Ramier in 1771 (Knebel, Litt. Nachl., II., p. 33). Boie writes to Knebel to the same effect in 1771 (Litt. Nachl., II., p. 108): "I do not like operettas. The taste which our public is developing for them threatens to extinguish all hope of the revival of true comedy." So also Schubart, Teutsche Chronik, 1774, pp. 349. 478; Knigge, Ephemer. d. Litt. u. d. Theat., 1785, II., p. 98.]
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[ A. M. Z., III., p. 327.]