Van Swieten was evidently not a fully fluent speaker of English, and the metrically-matched English version of the libretto has given rise to criticism and various attempts at improvement.

Van Swieten was of Dutch birth ; he was born in Leiden and grew up there to the age of 11.

Van Swieten was ambassador during the First Partition of Poland ( 1772 ), in which much of the territory of this nation was annexed by the more powerful neighboring empires of Austria, Russia, and Prussia.

" Van Swieten shifted the negotiations to his backup plan and the Partition went forward with Silesia remaining Prussian.

Van Swieten remained imperial librarian for the rest of his life.

Van Swieten also expanded the library's collection, notably with books on science, as well as older books from the libraries of monasteries that had been dissolved under the decrees of Emperor Joseph II.

Van Swieten was strongly sympathetic to the program of reforms which Joseph sought to impose on his empire ( see Josephinism, benevolent despotism ), and his position in government was a critical one, considered by Braunbehrens ( 1990 ) to be the equivalent of being minister of culture.

Van Swieten never married.

Van Swieten first met Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1768, when he was about 33 years old and Mozart a boy of 11.

According to Mozart's father Leopold, Van Swieten was involved in the early planning of Wolfgang's ill-fated opera La Finta Semplice ( the opera was later blocked by intrigues, and could be performed only in Salzburg ).

Van Swieten was responsible for the translations from English into German of the libretti for these works, a task he would perform later on for Haydn ( see below ).

Van Swieten told him that his works were nevertheless in high demand in Berlin.

Van Swieten translated ( from English to German ) and adapted the source material, which came from an anonymous English libretto and James Thomson, respectively.

In the margins of his libretti, Van Swieten made many specific artistic suggestions to Haydn about how various passages should be musically set, suggestions which in general Haydn " observed closely " ( Olleson ).

Van Swieten was a patron and supporter of Ludwig van Beethoven during his early years in Vienna.

Van Swieten is thought to have played a role in changing the social customs of music.

Van Swieten expressed some of his own views about the value of earlier music in the pages of the first volume of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung:

Van Swieten has not fared well in assessments of his personal demeanor.

Van Swieten seems to have singled out for his favor — from among many composers whose reputation is now obscure — the composers that posterity has judged very highly.

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Despite Fournier ’ s considerable work Van Swieten ’ s liquid mercury is still the only known cure, although its results are doubtful and uncertain.

Van Swieten was born in Leiden.

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* In 2001, a KTTV news helicopter " Sky Fox 2 ", a secondary helicopter that was previously owned by KTLA, crashed at Van Nuys airport after experiencing problems while covering the Academy Awards.

The 1980s action-espionage series Airwolf used the Van Nuys Airport hangars regularly as the site of " Santini Air ", the charter air service company owned and operated by Ernest Borgnine's character ( Dominic Santini ) in the series.

It is privately owned by the families of Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel through Alticor which is the holding company for businesses including Amway, Amway Global, Fulton Innovation, Amway Hotel Corporation, Gurwitch Products, Hatteras Yachts and manufacturing and logistics company Access Business Group.

* 5 Star Comics, Comic store owned by professional wrestler Rob Van Dam.

It began on land owned by Matthew and John Van Vleck.

Longtime owned by the Stokely-Van Camp company, the plant fell under the United Foods International umbrella after United Foods ' 1982 $ 50 million dollar buy-out of Van Camp's frozen vegetable division.

The land which Arcade was established on was owned by Gilbert Van Vorce and Peter Matter.

The first European landowners in what was to become Montgomery Township, such as Johannas Van Home and Peter Sonmans, were speculators: that is, they themselves did not live on the land, but sold large parts of what they owned to companies that subdivided it into farm-sized plots for those who did intend to settle.

The head of the Van Rensselaer family was the patroon who owned all the land on which the tenants in the Hudson Valley lived, and used feudal leases to maintain control of the region.

The majority of the city was once part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, a Dutch colonial feudal system ; however the land north of a line crossing the Cohoes Falls ( today Manor Avenue ) was outside of the Manor and was owned by the Van Olohde family between 1725 and 1750.

The land was purchased for $ 20, 000, from the Van Rensselaer family who had owned it since 1639.

Country Knolls ( North ), Country Knolls South, and the earlier Clifton Knolls were built by the local Clifton Park housing development company owned by Robert Van Patten.

From 1978 to 2005, he owned the landmarked Van Tassell and Kearney Horse Auction Mart building and used it as his studio.

* Van Keurens – Hamlet ; This land is mostly taken over by the Clinton Point Quarry owned by Tilcon, Inc.

During filming of the series, the helicopter was owned by Jetcopters, Inc. of Van Nuys, California.

B. Lankershim and Isaac Van Nuys and became very productive for their San Fernando Homestead Association that owned the southern half of the Valley.

Chupa Chups (; ) is a lollipop company founded by the Spaniard Enric Bernat in 1958, and currently owned by the Dutch-Italian multinational corporation Perfetti Van Melle.

Although Van Egmond continued to complete his contractual obligations to the Canada Company, he continually resented that the Company insisted on paying all fees in the form of one-third cash and two-thirds company ' land credits ', redeemable in exchange for parcels of land already owned by the company.

Many books feature Fritz, a bull terrier that is based on a real-life dog owned by Chris Van Allsburg's brother-in-law.

After the death of their daughter, later in 1859 the Van Alstynes moved frequently, " establishing a pattern that continued for the rest of their lives ", and never owned their own home, living in rented accommodation without a lease.

Alfred Workman was a muleskinner who emigrated from Australia, winding up running a massive wheat farm owned by a syndicate led by Isaac Lankershim and Isaac Van Nuys.

Directly north of the park is the Van Buren County – owned North Point Conservation Area.

One, the Arizona Center for Women at 32nd Street and East Van Buren, has a designated capacity of 250 ; it opened in 1979, originally under a lease arrangement, and is now owned by the Department.

The Erie RR, owned by the Van Sweringens, could not afford the electric transfer and continued to use its own nearby station until 1948, when it replaced steam with diesel locomotives and was able to serve the Union Terminal under its own power.