182. "Oh, what a difference between the people of the Palatinate
and of Bavaria! What a language! How coarse! To say nothing of
the mode of life!"

(Mannheim, November 12, 1778, to his father. Mozart, while
returning from Paris, had stopped at his "dear Mannheim," where
at the moment a regiment of Bavarian soldiers were quartered, and
had just got news of the rudeness with which the people of Munich
had treated their Elector.)

183. "In Regensburg we dined magnificently at noon, listened to
divine table music, had angelic service and glorious Mosel wine.
We breakfasted in Nuremberg,--a hideous city. At Wurzburg we
strengthened our stomachs with coffee; a beautiful, a splendid
city. The charges were moderate everywhere. Only two post relays
from here, in Aschaffenburg, the landlord swindled us
shamefully."

(Frankfort-on-the-Main, September 29, 1790, to his wife. The
remark is notable because of the judgments pronounced on the
renaissance city Nuremberg, and the rococo city Wurzburg.)

184. "All the talk about the imperial cities is mere boasting. I
am famous, admired and loved here, it is true, but the people are
worse than the Viennese in their parsimony."

(Mozart went to Frankfort, in 1790, on the occasion of the
coronation of the emperor, hoping to make enough money with
concerts to help himself out of financial difficulties, but
failed.)