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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000068.txt from 2004/05

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 21:05:56 -0400


"Not German, I beg your Majesty. Italian is the proper language for opera.
All educated people agree on that."

-Peter Shaffer (1926) British playwright, screenwriter
*Count Orsini-Rosenberg beseeching Emperor Joseph II not to commission Mozart
to write an opera in German; "Amadeus," 1984

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