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[ The instrumentation of this air in full, and the orchestral parts carefully worked out; the accompaniment at the words "ohne Aufschub will ich eilen" is unusually charming and animated. It also has been shortened by Mozart.]
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[ Arnold (Mozart's Geist, p. 375) interprets the words as though Pedrillo was trying to assume a courage which he did not possess.]
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[ He writes to his father of the first (September 26, 1781): "The janizary chorus is all that can be desired, short and merry, and very well suited for the Viennese public.">[
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[ Ulibicheff, who makes some striking observations on this chorus, notices its many points of resemblance (such as the alternation of relative major and minor keys) to Russian national melodies, with which Mozart may have become acquainted at Prince Gallitzin's (II., p. 375).]
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[ C. M. von Weber, Lebensbild, III., p. 191. Cf. A. Wendt, Leipzig Kunstbl., 1817, p. 189. (Heinse, Reise- und Lebensskizzen, I., p. 298.)]