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During the years 1764 to 1770 he took a series of government posts in a variety of foreign locations: Switzerland, Italy, Malta, Germany, the
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Zinzendorf was an inveterate theater-goer and records a great deal of information about performances and performers that would otherwise have been lost. The mature operas of
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Unlike many of the aristocrats which whom he was acquainted, Zinzendorf was not wealthy. According to Link, "it was poverty that prevented him from marrying." In 1769 he joined the
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Tagebuch des Grafen Karl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf als theatergeschichtliche Quelle." Dissertation, University of Cologne.
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