(Mozart wrote many occasional pieces for his friends,--fitting
them to the players' capacities. Mozart said that the publisher
who bought some of these "bagatelles" and printed them without
applying to him was a scamp (Lump), but took no proceedings
against him.)
149. "Very well; then I shall earn nothing more, go hungry and
the devil a bit will I care!"
(Mozart's answer to Hofmeister, the Leipsic publisher, who had
said: "Write in a more popular style or I can neither print nor
pay for anything of yours.")