English Translation

20a - 4 - imperial or royal courts are engaged. Forgive me when I come out of the jellies: I love the man too much." The somewhat naive content of the opera "Ritter Roland" can be summed up in the following words: Knight Roland moves out with his cowardly, but always bragging squire Pasquale to force the queen of Cattai, called Angelica, to become his wife. Angelica ber hides herself with her lover Medoro. From the replicas of Roland she protects her friend Rodemonte by means of weapons and her comrade Alcina by magic. Once she holds Orlando in a cage, then she turns him into a stone, finally she takes away the memory of his love. Roland, who is now returned to his knightly duties, frees Angelica from a host of wild men and unites her with her lover Medoro. The squire Pasquale is also the girl of his choice. The second work of the Serenade, the symphony "La chasse" was also created at Esterház Castle and was performed for the first time in the castle in 178l on the return of the Prince of Paris. As the last movement, the overture was taken over to the 3rd act of Haydn's opera "La fedelta premiata" ("The Rewarded Loyalty"). This theme had been the most pleasing to the prince and brought the hunting motif, which was very popular at the time and was also introduced to music history by Leopold Mozart and Stamitz, who was born in German-Brod. The symphony is based on a folk song-like theme, in the finale scenes from the hunting area are heard. The individual motifs wander from instrument to instrument, before conclusion the horns have the main motif again, then completely silent. Precisely this characteristic is a speciality of hunting symphony, 15731 - 5 -