CHAPTER II.

THE GREAT PARISIAN ARTISTIC JOURNEY.

Disgusted with Salzburg--In Vienna Again--Salzburg Society--Character of Musicians in the Last Century--Jerome Colloredo, Archbishop of Salzburg--Mozart’s Letter to Him--The Father’s Solicitude for His Son--Paternal Advice--New Compositions--Incidents of his Journey--Meets with Opposition--Secret Enemies--His Ambition to Elevate the Character of the German Opera--Disappointments--His Description of German “Free City” Life--Meeting with Stein--In his Uncle’s Family--“Baesle”--Meeting with the Cannabichs--Attachment for Rosa Cannabich--Influence of this Attachment on his Music--The Weber Family--The _Non so d’Onde Viene_--Circumstances of its Composition, 42-82