Mozart by John Suchet

Author:John Suchet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pegasus Books

On 8 December Wolfgang was formally told that there was no appointment for him at court. Leopold, suspecting this would be the case, had already written to his son urging him to leave as soon as possible for Paris. The French capital was the last – and greatest – hope. There, everything would surely come right.

But winter had set in, the roads were icy and Anna Maria’s health was not good. Travel was impossible. Wolfgang and his mother had no choice but to wait for spring, kicking their heels with little to do, and eating more and more into their limited funds.

But there was something occupying Wolfgang’s mind. He had hinted at it in a convoluted passage in a letter to his father written in the previous November. It is worth quoting, for it is an elaborate, tortuous – and typical – attempt of a young man suffering under his father’s controlling influence, attempting to lay the ground for what he knows will unleash a thunderstorm. And because this is Wolfgang, there has to be a scatological reference, used almost as a way of trying to introduce a little levity.

I don’t want to talk about things before their time. everything will turn out fine. Maybe I can report to you in my next letter about something that is very good for you but only good for me, or something that is very bad in your eyes, but Acceptable in mine, perhaps also something Acceptable to you, however, very good, dear, and precious for me! This is all rather like an oracle, isn’t it? – well, it sounds mysterious but can be understood... One of those Oracular sayings will have to come to pass – I think it will either be the one in the middle or the last one – it doesn’t matter which; because it’s one thing whether I eat the muck or Papa shits it – it seems I can never get this thing right! I wanted to say: it’s one thing whether Papa shits the muck or I eat it! – now I better quit, I can tell, it’s useless for me to try ...

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.