Life of Mozart

——WORKS IN VIENNA, I788. 215of such a work is the perfection which is conceivable andvisible to mankind in art alone ; in it that which elsewhereappears as contrast or opposition rises to the highest unity.This once attained, we experience the satisfaction which formortals exists in art alone. But our delight and admirationrise still higher when this harmony is maintained throughouta varied and many-sided composition, containing awealth of interests and motives appealing to our most oppositesympathies, and stirring the very depths of our beingthen it is that we feel the full and immediate inspiration ofthat Spirit Who looks upon the universe as the artist looksupon his work.CHAPTER XXXIX.OFFICIAL AND OCCASIONAL WORKS.FROM a practical point of view, Mozart's *' Don Giovanni" did no more than his "Figaro" towardsimproving his position in Vienna. His painful pecuniarycircumstances may be gathered from his letters to Puchbergin June, 1788. A glance at the catalogue of his compositionsafter his return from Prague is sufficientto indicatethe fact of their having been produced at the pleasure ofpupils or patrons :1787. December 11. Lied, " Die kleine Spinnerin" (531 K.).1788. January 3. Allegro and andante for pianoforte in F major (533K.).January 14, 23, 27. Tänze (534-536 K.).February 24. Pianoforte concerto in D major (537 K., part 20).March 4. Air for Madame Lange, " Ah se in ciel" (538 K.).March 5. Teutsches Kriegslied for Baumann (539 K.).March ig. Adagio for pianoforte, B minor (540 K.).March 24, 28, 30. Pieces for insertion in " Don Giovanni " (525,527, 528 K.).In May. Arietta for Signor Albertarelli, " Un bacio di mano " inthe opera of " Le Gelosie Fortunate" (541 K.).June 22. Terzet for piano, violin, and violoncello, E major(542 K.).