Given from our capital of Vienna.



The travellers returned home the end of September, for no
situation was to be found in Vienna either; indeed, they did not
even give a public concert there. Wolfgang remained in his native
town during the whole of the ensuing year, writing instrumental
and church music. At length he received a commission from the
Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian III., to write an opera buffa for
the Carnival of 1775,--"La finta Giardiniera."



53.

Munich, Dec. 28, 1774.

My Dearest Sister,

I entreat you not to forget, before your journey, [FOOTNOTE:
Nannerl had also the most eager desire to see the new opera, and
the father at last succeeded in getting a lodging for her in the
large market place, in the house of a widow, "a black-eyed
brunette," Frau von Durst.] to perform your promise, that is, to
make a certain visit. I have my reasons for this. Pray present my
kind regards in that quarter, but in the most impressive and
tender manner--the most tender; and, oh!----but I need not be in
such anxiety on the subject, for I know my sister and her