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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

"It's a—bad minuet," replied Haydn, whereupon the enraged player turned upon him and would have broken his head with the fiddle had not Dittersdorf dragged him away.

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

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)

Dittersdorf has left for us a description of the stage decorations prepared for his oratorios when they were performed in the palace of the Bishop of Groswardein.

From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward