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[ Beethoven, according to Seyfried (Beethoven's Studien, Anhang, p. 21), declared the "Zauberflöte" to be Mozart's greatest work, for in it he first shows himself as a German composer. Schindler adds (Biogr., II., pp. 164, 322) that he thought so highly of it because it contained every species of song, even to the chorale and the fugue. If we reflect that this praise from Beethoven can only refer to the intellectual power which succeeded in combining the most varied forms into an artistic whole, born of one conception, we shall be convinced how deep was his appreciation of that power.]
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[ Berl. Mus. Ztg., 1793, p. 142.]
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[ A. M. Z., I., pp. 73, 447.]
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[ A. M. Z., II., p. 811.]
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[ A. M. ZM V., pp. 778, 794. Zelter, Briefw., I., p. 74.]