Note 34 — Chapter III · EARLY CONCERT LIFE
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The appearance of a Mozart symphony on a program of 1797 is distinctly noteworthy. Hippeau in Berlioz et son temps quotes from the Journal des Débats of 1801 to the effect that the best orchestra in France, after ten rehearsals, found a symphony of Mozart beyond its power, setting a precedent for the orchestra of the Vienna Opera House, which succumbed to the difficulties of Tristan und Isolde after forty-seven rehearsals—if we remember rightly.