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[ A. M. Z., XXV., p. 639.]
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[ Scudo, Crit. et Littêr. Mus., I., p. 121. For similar remarks on an older Italian singer, see A. M. Z., XXV., p. 869.]
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[ Viardot, Manuscr. Autogr. du D. Giov., p. 10. It must be remembered that Rossini's arrival in Paris, in 1823, was the signal for a party warfare between the Mozartists and Rossiniists, similar to that waged by the Gluckists and Piccinnists. Cf. A. M. Z., XXV., p. 829.]
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[ Da Ponte, Mem., III., p. 43. Scudo, Crit. Littér. Mus., I., p. 178.]
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[ Castil-Blaze, Molière Musicien, I., p. 329.]