[Footnote 20044: Mozart Grondig Onderwys in het behandelen der Violin met 4 Konst-plaaten en een Tafel. Harlem, 1766, 4.] [Footnote 20045: So says Nissen, p. 114.] [Footnote 20046: Winckelmann's Briefe, III., pp. 95,98,104. Cf. Goethe, Briefe an Fr.v. Stein, III., p. 96.] [Footnote 20047: Burney, Reise, III., p. 258.] [Footnote 20048: "Christmann Musik. Corresp.", 1790, p. 164.] ==== MOZART By Author {RETURN HOME.} (49) CHAPTER III. STUDY IN SALZBURG. LEOPOLD MOZART had every reason to be satisfied with the result of his tour; the extraordinary talents of his children had been duly appreciated,[1] honours of every kind had been heaped upon them, and the three years exertions had produced a not inconsiderable pecuniary gain.[2] In spite of repeated, and sometimes severe, attacks of illness, the children returned to Salzburg in full health and vigour, and, what was of not less importance, with their childlike simple minds unspoiled by the exceptional degree of notice and admiration they had everywhere excited. The little Orpheus rode round the room on his father's stick, and sprang up to play with his favourite cat, in the middle of his improvisations on the clavier. During the journey he had amused himself by constructing an imaginary kingdom, which he called Rücken; it was inhabited by children, of whom he was king, and his invention of fresh gifts and qualities for his kingdom and subjects was inexhaustible. So vividly was it impressed on his imagination, that he made a servant, who was something of a draughtsman, draw a map of it, to which he supplied the names of the places.[3] A very favourite idea of his was to compose an opera, to be performed entirely by young Salzburgers, of whom he drew up a list with his father. His tenderness of heart was constantly displayed. One morning on awaking, he began to cry bitterly, and {STUDY IN SALZBURG.} (50) being asked the reason, answered that he longed to see his friends in Salzburg, all of whom he then mentioned by name. When he heard that Hagenauer's son Dominicus had entered the Monastery of St. Peter's he burst into tears, imagining that he should never see him again. Reassured on this point, he planned a visit to St. Peter's immediately on his return home, and talked of the games that he and his friend would play together. Occasionally, Wolfgang displayed a considerable amount of self-assertion. A gentleman of rank in Salzburg was uncertain how to address the boy in conversation. The formal pronoun _Sie_ appeared unbefitting a child, while _Du_ was too familiar for so celebrated an artist; he took refuge in _Wir_, and began: "So _we_ have been in France and England"--"_We_ have been introduced at court"--"_We_ have been honoured"--when Mozart interrupted him hastily: "And yet, sir, I do not remember to have seen you anywhere but in Salzburg."