[Footnote: "Pray say from me to Johannes Hagenauer, that he may
entirely rely on my going to the armorer's shop, to see if I can
procure what he desires, and after getting it I will not fail to
bring it with me to Salzburg. I regret that Herr Leitgeb delayed
so long leaving Salzburg [see No. 46], for he will no longer find
my opera in scena, nor will he find us either unless we meet on
our travels. Yesterday evening was our first rehearsal of the
second opera with instruments, but I only heard the first act,
for I went away at the second, because it was so very late. In
this opera there are to be twenty-four horses and a crowd of
people on the stage at the same time, so it will be surprising if
no accident happens. The music pleases me; whether it will please
others I cannot tell, for no persons but those belonging to the
theatre are permitted to attend the first rehearsals. I hope that
papa will be able to leave the house to-morrow. The weather is
detestable this evening. Madame Teyber is now at Bologna; she is
to act at Turin in the ensuing Carnival, and the year following
she is to sing at Naples."]

After enjoying some more of the amusements of the Carnival, they
arrived again in Salzburg about the middle of March. This place,
or rather their position at court there, was in the highest
degree repugnant to both; so the father, in the course of his
travels, applied to the Grand-Duke of Tuscany for an appointment
for his son. As, however, nothing was to be got in that quarter,
he directed his views to the Imperial capital itself; and thus,
at the end of three months, we find him again with his son in
Vienna. From thence Wolfgang often wrote to his loved ones at
home.