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[ Nothing is omitted but the duettino (3) (which, however, is included in "A Revised Copy of Mozart's Original," by Abbe Stadler) and the accompanied recitative (25).]
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[ The first three scenes were by P. Travaglia, in the service of Prince Ester-hazy, the fourth was by Preising of Coblenz, and the costumes were by Chérubin Babbini of Mantua.]
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[ J. Debrois, Urkunde uber die Krönung Sr. Maj. des Königs von Bohmen, Leopolds II., p. no.]
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[ Musik. Wochenbl., pp. 70, 94.]
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[ According to an anecdote in the Bohemia (1856, No. 23, p. 122) there was in Prague an old harpist named Hoffman, a familiar figure in every coffee-house. Mozart had him up in his room when he was living at the "Neuwirthshaus" (now "Der goldene Engel"), and played an air to him on the pianoforte, desiring him to improvise variations upon it. This he did, to Mozart's satisfaction. Ever after, this theme was the show-piece of the harpist, and he would never play it except by special desire; then he would go off into reminiscences of Mozart, and nothing would shake his firm persuasion that the great man must be a native of Bohemia.]