five o'clock
Happily , no sooner did his head touch the pillow than he would sink into a heavy sleep which deprived him of all consciousness of his troubles . But he had to get up by dawn in summer , and before dawn in winter . He wished to do his own work . It was all the free time that he had between five o'clock and eight . Even then he had to waste some of it by work to command , for his title of _ Hof Musicus _ and his favor with the Grand Duke exacted from him official compositions for the Court festivals . So the very source of his life was poisoned . Even his dreams were not free , but , as usual , this restraint made them only the stronger .