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[ Griesinger, Biogr. Not., p. 15. Rochlitz, Für Freunde der Tonkunst, IV.', p. 274. Bach told him once that he was the only man who had ever quite understood his works (Dies, Biogr. Nachr., p. 38).]
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[ Compare, for instance, Burney's account (Reise, III., p. 209) with Reichardt's opinions expressed at different times (Briefe e. aufmerks. Reisenden, I., p. m; II., p. 7. Kunstmagaz., I., p. 24. Musik. Alman., 1796. A. M. Z., XVI., p. 28. Schletterer, Reichardt, I., p. 163).]
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[ Nicolai, Reise, IV., p. 558.]
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[ Zelter, Briefw. m. Goethe, V., p. 210: "His extemporising, especially when he was in the vein, was the admiration of men such as Marpurg, Kirnberger, Benda, Agrikola, Bertuch, Ring—most of them excellent organ-players, who all felt how far he surpassed them." He used to say of his brother, Ph. Emanuel, with a compassionate air: "Mein Bruder, der Hamburger, hat einige artige Sächelchen gemacht"; and the latter made use of the same family expression in speaking of the London brother (Reichardt, Musik. Zeitg., II., p. 159).]
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[ Forkel, Musik. Alman., 1784, p. 201. Reichardt, Musik. Alman., 1796. Zelter, Briefw., V., p. 209.]