> hehehe - even at his times were rumors JAH would have got his well paid
> and respectable job mainly to get his wife (Faustina) into the opera of
> Dresden.
>
> I'm not sure about the quality of his works but they were very popular
> at his time and later. Even ETA Hoffmann ("Gespenster-Hoffmann")
> compared them to Beethoven's piano works.
ETAH was also fond of Viotti, so his opinion is suspect.
> I just know the things which were transcribed for lute and the one or
> other aria and don't think they are to bad ...
They are not bad, actually there is almost no bad music in general. It is
just not good.
RT
