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cahnAnd including Emperor Joseph II!
from Derek Beales: Joseph II, Volume 2: Against the World, 1780 - 1790:
Joseph's alleged comment to Mozart about the Entführung, "Too many notes", has been taken as evidence of his ignorance. But he probably said something like, "Too beautiful for our ears, and monstrous many notes." It is always necessary to bear in mind, when appraising the emperor's remarks, his peculiar brand of humor or sarcasm. He was usually getting at someone. And he did not use the royal "we". The ears in question were those of the Viennese audience, whom he was mocking for their limited appreciation of Mozart's elaborate music.
(though not gonna lie, I think it is a LOT of notes)
from Derek Beales: Joseph II, Volume 2: Against the World, 1780 - 1790:
Joseph's alleged comment to Mozart about the Entführung, "Too many notes", has been taken as evidence of his ignorance. But he probably said something like, "Too beautiful for our ears, and monstrous many notes." It is always necessary to bear in mind, when appraising the emperor's remarks, his peculiar brand of humor or sarcasm. He was usually getting at someone. And he did not use the royal "we". The ears in question were those of the Viennese audience, whom he was mocking for their limited appreciation of Mozart's elaborate music.
(though not gonna lie, I think it is a LOT of notes)
Re: Birthday Boy and His Dogs
Date: 2022-01-24 10:50 pm (UTC)the touching love story of his brotherinfuriating letters about Marwitz. :PWe should also get your findings plus Clara plus my arrears comment into Rheinsberg at some point.
(Also shows that there seems to have been a lag time of a couple weeks between payment (in April) and book-keeping entry (in May), so who knows how that went with the Biche related payments.)
Yeah, it could be merely a lag in recording the payment, or, as noted in my other comment, actually being in arrears.
Spring 1746: Clara the Rhino and Sibling letters
Date: 2022-01-25 03:30 pm (UTC)Just a tiny caveat here, because I couldn't leave well enough alone: While the wiki entry and the newer literature it's based on all state the April 26 date very confidently, I couldn't get farther than a 1969 book without google preview for it. Rödenbeck on the other hand says the Rhino arrived on May 6 and while he isn't always reliable and doesn't tell me where he got that from either, it would fit the May bill better. To my surprise, the Berliner Nachrichten don't mention the rhino at all, but confirm that Fritz was in Berlin on May 6, and while there is no direct mention of his whereabouts on April 26, the implication seems to be that he was in Potsdam rather than Berlin. So, ballpark April/May, tiny question mark on the exact date.
And now we know what Fritz was doing that month when he wasn't writing the touching love story of his brother infuriating letters about Marwitz.
Plus hashing things out with Wilhelmine after their argument! I never put it together before, but he was quite busy with his sibling letters in spring 1746. AW also got some, including one dated April 26 from Potsdam (by Volz, not Fritz, but seems plausible given its content and AW's answer the next day), in which he says he's busy planting trees, plus one from a week earlier which has this gem: "if [there isn't another pregnancy in your house] soon, one should take your little prince and treat you like the hens who get their eggs taken away to make them lay new ones. Excuse this little joke, dear brother, considering my respect and friendship for you. [
What you you mean you are insulted when I insult you?]". I feel like AW and Heinrich hadinsultsthings to compare that month... whereas Wilhelmine got more or less mature Fritz, particularly in May. I'm amused.Re: Spring 1746: Clara the Rhino and Sibling letters
Date: 2022-01-25 05:18 pm (UTC)("The little prince", aka FW2: I got this, Dad. He's so going to be buried next to his father!)
To my surprise, the Berliner Nachrichten don't mention the rhino at all
That is strange. You'd think they'd be all over it. Unfortunately 1746 is too early for Lehndorff, who surely would have noticed it as well.
Re: Spring 1746: Clara the Rhino and Sibling letters
Date: 2022-01-25 09:15 pm (UTC)Something I've regretted before. Lehndorff, why couldn't your incredibly helpful self
(save for anything Katte-related)be around from the beginning?!Re: Spring 1746: Clara the Rhino and Sibling letters
Date: 2022-01-25 11:51 pm (UTC)1746, April: Marwitz letters.
1746, April/May: Fritz visits Clara the rhinoceros at the Spittelmarkt, pays 18 ducats.
1746, April 16: William, Duke of Cumberland, son of George II, defeats the Jacobites at Culloden, earning the nickname "Butcher Billy".
1746, May: Fritz visits the spa at Bad Pyrmont.
1746, May: Fritz accepts Wilhelmine's apology.
:D
Re: Spring 1746: Clara the Rhino and Sibling letters
Date: 2022-01-26 06:08 am (UTC)"if [there isn't another pregnancy in your house] soon, one should take your little prince and treat you like the hens who get their eggs taken away to make them lay new ones. Excuse this little joke, dear brother, considering my respect and friendship for you. [What you you mean you are insulted when I insult you?]".
OMG, that is something else! FRIIIIITZ! (I laughed at your second interpolation there, heeeee!)
Re: Spring 1746: Clara the Rhino and Sibling letters
Date: 2022-01-28 03:07 pm (UTC)Hee, good for you!
one should take your little prince and treat you like the hens who get their eggs taken away to make them lay new ones. Excuse this little joke, dear brother, considering my respect and friendship for you.
Omg, FRITZ! Yeah, AW and Heinrich had some notes to compare about the firstborn this month, that's for sure.
[What you you mean you are insulted when I insult you?]"
I laughed!!