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[ Journal der Moden, 1790, p. 149. Theaterkal., 1789, p. 202. Cf. Varn-hagen, Denkw., VIII., p. 57.]
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[ Seyfried gives this description, which can scarcely be exaggerated, since it has an apologetic tendency (N. Zeitschr. fur Mus., XII., p. 380). Schikaneder died in poverty, and insane, 1812 (Südd. Mus. Ztg., 1860, p. 21).]
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[ Treitschke gives many particulars of the composition and first performance of the "Zauberflöte" (Orpheus, Mus. Taschenb., 1841, p. 242) in the Illustr. Familienbuch des österr. Lloyd (1852, II., p. xig), and in the Monatsschrift fur Theater und Musik (September 1857, p. 444); valuable old traditions are paixed with demonstrable falsehoods.]
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[ Allg. Wiener Mus. Ztg., 1841, p. 128.]
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[ C. F. Becker, N. Ztschr. fur Mus., XII., p. 112.]