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[ Cf. I., p. 389. Winter was avowedly hostile to Mozart (Biedenfeld, Kom. Oper, p. 86); he used to reproach him with stealing from Handel (A. M. Z., XXVIII., p. 468), with forcing up soprano voices (Biedenfeld, Kom. Oper, p. 212); and his scorn at piano-playing opera composers (A. M. Z., XXVIII., p. 467) was especially directed against Mozart. It is generally acknowledged that Winter was not the simple, unsophisticated being that he appeared (cf. Biedenfeld, p. 212), and I have been assured by those who knew him well that he was quite capable of spiteful intrigue.]
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[ A striking instance is Salieri's account of how Joseph II. assisted him to marry (Mosel, Salieri, p. 57).]
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[ Hiller, Wochentl. Nachr., I., p. 100.]
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[ L. Mozart writes to the Baroness (September 13, 1782): "I am heartily glad that his wife does not take after the Webers, as otherwise he would be miserable; your ladyship assures me that she is a deserving person, and that suffices me" (Hamburg. Litter, u. Krit. Blatter, 1856, No. 72, p. 563).]
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[ During the supper, according to Nissen, a "sixteen-part harmony" of his own composition was performed as a surprise to him. This must be a mistake, for even the great serenata (361 K.) is only in thirteen parts.]