we have two excellent contrapuntists here, Haydn and Adlgasser.
My father is maestro at the Metropolitan church, which gives me
an opportunity to write for the church as much as I please.
Moreover, my father has been thirty-six years in the service of
this court, and knowing that our present Archbishop neither can
nor will endure the sight of elderly people, he does not take it
to heart, but devotes himself to literature, which was always his
favorite pursuit Our church music is rather different from that
of Italy, and the more so, as a mass including the Kyne, Gloria,
Credo, the Sonata all Epistola, the Offertory or Motett, Sanctus,
and Agnus Dei, and even a solemn mass, when the Prince himself
officiates, must never last more than three-quarters of an hour.
A particular course of study is required for this class of
composition. And what must such a mass be, scored with all the
instruments, war-drums, cymbals, &c, &c! Oh! why are we so far
apart, dearest Signor Maestro? for how many things I have to say
to you! I devoutly revere all the Signori Filarmonici. I venture
to recommend myself to your good opinion, I shall never cease
regretting being so distant from the person in the world whom I
most love, venerate, and esteem. I beg to subscribe myself,
reverend Father, always your most humble and devoted servant,

"WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART"



SECOND PART.
MUNICH, AUGSBURG, MANNHEIM.
SEPTEMBER 1771 TO MARCH 1778.