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Dittersdorf

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[dit-erz-dawrf, dit-uhrs-dawrf] / ˈdɪt ərzˌdɔrf, ˈdɪt ərsˌdɔrf /

noun

  1. Karl Ditters von 1739–99, Austrian violinist and composer.


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Furthermore, Dittersdorf went to the trouble of writing a German-language satirical opera entitled “The Marriage of Figaro,” in which the character of Cherubino becomes a caricature of Mozart: immature, flighty, vain, addicted to dancing.

From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019

Woodfield makes a convincing case that Dittersdorf organized a press campaign against Mozart’s allegedly artificial and overcomplicated creations.

From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019

Haydn and Dittersdorf were strolling down a back street when they heard a fiddler scraping away in a little beer cellar.

From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)

There were Dittersdorf and Albrechtsberger, and Dr Leopold von Genzinger, the prince's physician, and Frau von Genzinger, whose tea and coffee he so much appreciated, and who sent him such excellent cream.

From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)

The analogy, Dittersdorf tells us, "pleased the emperor very much."

From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)

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