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- ↑ Anja Morgenstern Die Oratorien von Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) 2007 "Tobiae matrimonium (1794) Für diese Azione sacra ist nur das Jahr ihrer Aufführung 1794, nicht aber ein genaues Datum oder ein Anlaß bekannt."
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