Alternative Versions of Letter 281
People in Letter 281
Asti von Asteburg, FrancescoAsti von Asteburg, MarianneColloredo, Hieronymus Joseph Franz de PaulaDe Amicis-Buonsollazzi, Anna LuciaGermani, Fer(di)nandoGermani, ThereseHagenauer, Ignaz JosephHagenauer, Johann Nepomuk Anton (Johannes)Leutgeb, JosephMozart, Leopold (Johann Georg)Mozart, Maria AnnaMozart, Maria Anna Walpurga Ignatia (Nannerl)Mozart, Wolfgang AmadeusMysliveček, JosefPeter Leopold I von Habsburg-LothringenTeyber, Elisabeth
Places in Letter 281
Bologna, ItalyFlorence, ItalyInnsbruck, AustriaMantua, ItalyMilan, ItalyNaples, ItalyRovereto, ItalySalzburg, AustriaTurin, Italy
Music by Mozart in Letter 281
281. LEOPOLD MOZART TO HIS WIFE IN SALZBURG
Milan 23 January / 1773
I`m writing this in bed as I`ve been suffering from acute rheumatism for the last week and have been laid up since the 17th. The pain was in the joint of my left thigh but after a few days it moved down to my left knee and is now affecting my right knee too. I`ve tried only burr root tea,



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MOZART`S POSTSCRIPT TO HIS SISTER

Signor and Signora d`Aste, Sigre and Sigra Germani, Sig Mislivecek and Sigra de Amicis have asked me to write and to convey to you their compliments and respects. Please tell Sig Giovani Hagenauer from me that he shouldn`t doubt that I`ll go to the armourer`s shop and look for what he wants and that if I find it, I shall unfailingly bring it back with me to Salzburg. I`m sorry that Sig[nor] Leitgeb left Salzburg so late that by the time he gets here my opera will no longer be on, perhaps he`ll miss us too unless we meet him en route. The first orchestral rehearsal of the second opera took place yesterday evening, but I heard only the first act since I left at the beginning of the second because it was already late. In this opera there are 24 horses and a vast number of people onstage, so it`ll be a miracle if there`s not an accident. I like the music, but I don`t know if the general public will like it because only people connected with the theatre have been allowed to attend the early rehearsals. I hope that my father will be allowed to leave the house tomorrow. We`re having the most appalling weather this evening. Sigra Teiber is now in Bologna and will be singing in Turin during the coming carnival, next year she`s going to be singing in Naples. Kind regards to all my friends. Kiss my mother`s hands for me. I`ve nothing else to report. Addio. Sorry about the wretched handwriting, but my pen isn`t worth a brass farthing.
Please use the following reference when citing this website:
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Eisen, Cliff et al. In Mozart's Words, Letter 281 <http://letters.mozartways.com>. Version 1.0, published by HRI Online, 2011. ISBN 9780955787676.