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[ Kelly, Reminisc., I., p. 228.]
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[ Nicolai, Reise, IV., p. 552. C. Pichler, Denkw., I., p. 127.]
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[ Nicolai (Reise, IV., p. 552) dilates upon the announcement of these great amateur concerts, and especially upon paragraph 6, which runs: "Card-tables will be placed in the ante-rooms, and money for play provided at discretion; the company will also be provided with every kind of refreshment." He asserts that this was not so at the private concerts of true connoisseurs, at which he had been present.]
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[ Wien. Ztg., 1782, No. 44. K. R[isbeck], Briefe, I., p. 276. "The entertainments I most enjoyed during the nights of last summer, were the so-called 'lemonade-tents.' Great tents were erected on one of the largest open spaces in the city, and there lemonade was dispensed at night; several hundred seats were occupied by ladies and gentlemen. A band of music was placed at a little distance, and the perfect silence which was maintained by the numerous assembly had an indescribable effect. The charming music, the solemn silence, the confidential mood engendered by the night, all combined to give the scene a peculiar charm" (Jahrb. d. Tenk., 1796, p. 78).]
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[ Hormayr, Wien., V., I., pp. 41, 50.]