Mozart by Jan Swafford

Author:Jan Swafford [Swafford, Jan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571323265
Published: 2020-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

SUNK IN HIS RESENTMENT, LEOPOLD IN THIS PERIOD SHOWED HIS DIS-PLEASURE in various ways, including a studied lack of response to Wolfgang’s efforts to get him interested in The Abduction. When Mozart sent him the score, Leopold made no comment. He could only vent his feelings to Nannerl and, as it happened, to Baroness von Waldstätten, with whom he formed an epistolary friendship. Soon after his son’s wedding he wrote her a letter whose courteous tone does not conceal its bitterness.

I thank your ladyship most warmly for the very special interest you have taken in my circumstances and for your extraordinary kindness in celebrating my son’s wedding day with such liberality…. Having done my duty as a father, having in countless letters made the clearest and most lucid representations to Wolfgang on every point and being convinced that he knows my trying circumstances, which are extremely grievous to a man of my age, and that he is aware of the degradations I am suffering in Salzburg, since he must realize that both morally and materially I’m being punished for his conduct, all that I can do now is to leave him to his own resources (as he evidently wishes) and pray God to bestow on him his paternal blessing and not withdraw from him his divine grace. For my part I shall not abandon the cheerfulness which is natural to me and which in spite of my advancing years I still possess … On the whole, I should feel quite easy in my mind, were it not that I have detected in my son an outstanding fault, which is, that he is far too patient or rather easy-going, too indolent, perhaps even too proud … on the other hand, he is too impatient, too hasty and will not bide his time. Two opposing elements rule his nature, I mean, there is either too much or too little, never the golden mean. If he is not actually in want, then he is immediately satisfied and becomes indolent and lazy. If he has to bestir himself, then he realizes his worth and wants to make his fortune at once. Nothing must stand in his way; yet it is unfortunately the most capable people and those who possess outstanding genius who have the greatest obstacles to face. Who will prevent him from pursuing his present career in Vienna if only he has a little patience?24

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