CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH BRETZNER
\kɹˈɪst͡ʃən fɹˈiːdɹɪt͡ʃ bɹˈɛtsnə], \kɹˈɪstʃən fɹˈiːdɹɪtʃ bɹˈɛtsnə], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_tʃ_ə_n f_ɹ_ˈiː_d_ɹ_ɪ_tʃ b_ɹ_ˈɛ_t_s_n_ə]\
Definitions of CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH BRETZNER
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A German dramatist (1748-1807); born at Leipsic. He wrote several successful comedies, foremost among them "The Marriage Broker" and "The Go-Between"; also two musical dramas, one of which, "Belmont and Constantia, or the Elopement from the Seraglio", was used by Mozart as a libretto. He wrote, on the basis of designs by Chodoviecki and Hogarth, a story, "Life of a Rake", in three volumes (1787-88), which for a while was very popular.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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