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fall in love with each other, which is also due to the influence of Count Graf von BrĂĽhl, who has an eye on
Antonia. After the ballet is successful, Friedemann is to be appointed court composer. As Antonia criticizes the ballet, Friedemann recognizes that the court's superficiality does not go together with his artistic ambitions. Friedemann and Antonia fall in love with each other. Friedemann promises to find a new position and to get Antonia to join him; his father will surely help him.
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Friedemann wins the competition, as Louis
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