THE success of "Figaro" did not materially improve Mozart's position in Vienna. He lived, it is true, in very pleasant intercourse with a large circle of friends, especially with the members of the Jacquin family (Vol. II., p. 357), but the necessity he was under of earning his living as a music teacher and virtuoso was very galling to him. "You happy man!" said he to Gyrowetz, who was setting out on a journey to Italy; "as for me, I am off now to give a lesson, to earn my bread."[ 1 ] A glance at the Thematic Catalogue of his compositions succeeding "Figaro" shows that they were probably suggested by his position as a teacher and in musical society:—
1786. June 3. Quartet for piano, violin, viola, and violoncello, in E flat major (493 K.).
June 10. Rondo for piano in F major (494 K.).
June 26. Concerto for the French horn for Leutgeb in, E flat major (495 K.).
July 8. Terzet for piano, violin, and violoncello, in G major (496 K.).
1786. August 1. Piano sonata for four hands in F major (497 K.).
August 5. Terzet for piano, clarinet, and violin, in E flat major (498 K.).
August 19. Quartet for two violins, viola, and violoncello, in D major (499 K.).
September 12. &Twelve variations for the piano in B flat major (500 K.).