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- ↑ Margaret Ross Griffel Operas in German: A Dictionary 2018- Page 261 KLEIDER MACHEN LEUTE, opera in five scenes by Joseph Suder; libretto (Ger) by the composer, after Keller. Composed 1934. First performance June 10, 1964, Coburg, Landestheater. .
- ↑ Opera 1987 - Volume 38, Issues 1-6 - Page 345 "It cannot have been thought modern , even by the Nazi regime in 1934 : Suder's score is an offshoot of Wagner's ... Suder had begun work on Kleider machen Leute when he discovered that Alexander Zemlinsky had already used Gottfried ..."
- ↑ C. Schaumkell in FonoForum 2 / 87:"Interessante und hörenswerte Alternative zur Zemlinsky-Vertonung der Keller-Novelle. ..Überhaupt ist das sängerische Niveau dieser Produktion bis in die Episodenpartien hinein erfreulich hoch. .. Ein Ereignis für sich ist die orchestrale Wiedergabe durch die Bamberger Symphoniker unter Uwe Mund, der sich mit ungeheurer Verve, Sensibilität und Subtilität dieser Aufgabe angenommen hat."
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