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virtuoso display, the mass occupies a provocative position when set against Joseph II’s own ideal of “wahre kirchenMusic.” The origin of the C minor Mass is a famously unsolved problem. Mozart’s only known reference to it appears in a letter to Leopold of 4 January 1783: – für dem Neue=Jahres Wunsch danken wir beyde, und bekennen uns freywillig als ochsen das wir ganz auf unserere schuldigkeit vergessen haben – wir kommen also hinten nach, und wünschen keinen NeuJahres Wunsch, sondern wünschen unsern allgemeinen alletags=Wunsch – und damit lassen wir es beruhen; – wegen der Moral hat es ganz seine richtigkeit; – es ist mir ohne vorsatz aus meiner feder geflossen – ich habe es in meinem herzen wirklich versprochen, und hoffe es auch wirklich zu halten. – meine frau war als ich es versprach, noch ledig – da ich aber fest entschlossen war sie bald nach ihrer genesung zu heyrathen, so konnte ich es leicht versprechen – zeit und umstände aber vereitelten unsere Reise, wie sie selbst wissen – zum beweis aber der wirklichkeit meines versprechens kann die spart von der hälfte einer Messe dienen, welche noch in der besten hoffnung da liegt. – 83 The nature of the “Moral” to which Mozart refers is not clear, nor the matter on which he has “versprochen.” Evidently Constanze and the couple’s marriage were involved in some fashion, but Mozart’s expression is obscure and his wife’s prior illness is otherwise unknown. 84 It must however be remembered that Leopold’s side of the correspondence has been lost, so we do not know the context in which Wolfgang was responding. Leopold, in any case, knew his son more intimately than any modern commentator, and was in a better position to understand Wolfgang’s often discursive and unpredictable prose. Given the timing, is it possible that one motivation behind the ongoing composition of K. 427 was Mozart’s desire to craft a response, or even a challenge, to the new Gottesdienstordnung? We do not normally think of Mozart as engaging in political action of this sort, but the coincidence of the new order of services, Mozart’s thoughts on “wahre kirchenMusic” and the continuing work on the mass is striking. If, as Niemetschek claimed, church music was 83 MBA, iii.247-8. 84 The only surviving reference to Constanze’s health at this time appears a letter of November 1782. Mozart had intended to leave for Salzburg, “allein Meine frau hat heute einen Starken kopfweh bekommen, und obwohl sie mit allem gewalt weg-will, so traue ich es mir doch nicht bey dieser Witterung mit ihr zu wagen.” MBA, iii.241. <strong>91</strong>
Mozart’s “lieblingsfach,” then it is possible to envisage the composer reacting in a creative way to the new restrictions on its use. 85 Constanze, for her part, is known to have recalled the events surrounding the C minor Mass on a number of occasions. According to the material that she sent Breitkopf & Härtel for their abortive Mozart biography, Als seine Frau zum ersten Male schwanger war und er sie zu seinem Vater in Salzburg führen wollte, gelobte er (doch war er wenigstens in spätren Jahren durch aus nicht, was man andächtig nennt) wenn Beydes glücklich von Statten gienge, dort eine Messe zu schreiben. Er schrieb sie, und sie gefiel ihm selbst so wohl, daß er sie Meistern, die ihn seit dem besucht haben, immer cum amore zeigte. 86 The information that Mozart proudly showed the mass to other “Meister” is otherwise unknown, and their identity is a matter of speculation. The van Swieten circle is a possibility, as is Michael Haydn in Salzburg. Constanze’s reference to her husband’s lack of religious devotion in his later years is also otherwise unattested. On 2 May 1800, Johann Anton Andre wrote a now-lost letter to Constanze regarding works that were missing or incomplete from the Nachlass he had recently purchased. 87 Evidently, Andre enquired about the incomplete state of K. 427, and asked, rather surprisingly, whether it was due to Mozart reusing the work in the Requiem. Constanze and Nissen replied on 31 May: wegen der Messe zum Davide penitente ist sich in Salzburg, wo sie gemacht oder aufgeführt ist, zu erkundigen. den Schluß der Messe hat er gewiß nicht ins Requiem verwandt. Als er die Messe machte, war nicht von dem Requiem, welches viele Jahre jünger ist, die Rede. 88 Nearly three decades later, the Novellos visited Constanze in Salzburg. Vincent Novello was particularly interested in Davide Penitente, and as he noted: 85 Niemetschek, Lebensbeschreibung, 117. 86 Martin Staehelin, “Neue 'Beyträge zu Mozarts Lebensbeschreibung',” Neues musikwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch 9 (2000): 96. 87 On this letter, see MVC, 1042-45. 88 MBA, iv.356. 92
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MOZART AND THE PRACTICE OF SACRED M
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Prof. Christoph Wolff, advisor Davi
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In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus M pia
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Acknowledgements A study of this ki
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Neal Zaslaw. Dexter Edge was an ess
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KBZ Tschink, Kajetan, ed. Kritische
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surprising that the ceremony was an
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on Jews. Church music was, so far,
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fidelium animi ad spiritualium reru
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liturgical calendar enjoyed the sup
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Figure 1.1. The Consistorium’s pr
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appeared somewhat disingenuous, for
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“military music” were heard in
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Figure 1.2. First page of signature
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Vorfallenheiten und Feierlichkeiten
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mentioned by Leopold Mozart. 43 Bot
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could cite not only Muratori for ph
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medical care, the housing of orphan
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esponsible priests. 60 Joseph himse
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Lent, the number of parishes in Vie
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Figure 1.4. Migazzi’s petition to
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outset; see Figure 1.5. One excepti
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the restrictions was the natural ou
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Cistercian, Dominican and other con
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music in some form, and experienced
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it seems that Wenzel Sukowaty, the
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Figure 3.3. Violino Primo part in a
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Two works by Salieri himself, a Mas
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Salieri...geflochten hatte, öffnet
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Figure 3.5. Autograph opening of Pa
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parts taken by Catarina Cavalieri,
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Cathedral preserves two sets of par
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the 1780s do however set texts of a
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The two “sacred songs” O Gottes
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paper is ruled with 14 staves, a ch
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A letter from Norbert Lehmann to Ni
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Example 3.1. Jacquin: Wir werfen un
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Example 3.1, continued. 166
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of a sacred piece sitting on Mozart
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Figure 3.9. Opening of Mozart’s c
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handwriting in the two psalm settin
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Nativity of the Virgin and St. Leop
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Figure 3.12. Opening of the second
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Mozart’s selection of two homopho
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eference to the Thomaskantor in Moz
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church sonatas of Fux and Caldara.
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Figure 3.13. Title page to a set of
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central and northern Germany, altho
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violas and woodwind. The most disti
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If Plath’s dating of Fr 1790a to
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orchestrates the first few bars, th
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Figure 3.15. Entries for the Kyrie
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suggestion in the literature: a Vie
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players at great expense, but it is
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Figure 3.16. The musicians of the H
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speaking, this is an attractive the
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Figure 3.17. Last page of concertma
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separated was high. 218 A further c
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Figure 3.18. The hand of Joseph Hof
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Joseph Hoffmann was at the centre o
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Nurscher died of “Brustwassersuch
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the composer. 238 In contrast, the
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Figure 3.23a. First page of Salieri
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now lost, so we will never know if
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e Alma Dei creatoris MH 221, a copy
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the “etwas kleinere” mass offer
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Figure 3.25a. Works by Mozart in Sa
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Mosel’s statement is only partial
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a mass by Kozeluch himself has an a
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Table 3.4. Performance calendar for
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der Musikfreunde in Vienna; see Fig
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Figure 3.28. Violino Primo in a set
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e pursued in detail here, and the e
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Table 3.5. Some early copies of K.
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Krönungsfeyer S r . M. / Franz. I
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Figure 3.31. Title page of a set of
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FOUR A Kapellmeister at St. Stephen
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dell’organo.” 5 If carried out,
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through local congregations and not
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independence from the ecclesiastica
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Cathedral to cave in, destroying mu
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Figure 4.3. Choirloft and organ at
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copied before Reutter became Kapell
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Maestro di Capella part for the off
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Figure 4.6. Harmonisation of chant
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Figure 4.7. Pope Pius VI celebrates
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to equate these necessarily with th
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Whether Burney communicated any of
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Gottesdienstordnung, the town counc
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Figure 4.9. Inventory of the St. St
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Name Position Table 4.1. Musicians
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Name Position Table 4.2. Music pers
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Name Position Payment (fl.xr) Comme
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Year Essential Gnadenbild (fl.xr) C
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comparatively small remaining amoun
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intention of departing Vienna in th
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were present at St. Stephen’s on
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Whatever the background, Mozart eve
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Als Hr: kapellmeister Hofmann krank
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292 Figure 4.12. Deleted rejection
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information, for the mention of the
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and the newly-written Ave, verum co
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Figure 4.14. Autograph petition by
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Question. Whether he occasionally a
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IV. MUSIC AT THE BADEN PFARRKIRCHE
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most renowned of the composer’s s
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elations with Stoll after the death
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following letter to Constanze, Moza
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months. 170 For our purposes, the p
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Figure 4.15. Opening of Mozart’s
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Figure 4.17. Verso of Mozart’s (
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Perhaps the shared key of the mass
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Es dürfte wahrscheinlich nur wenig
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then Hofbibliothek in Vienna, where
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example, sets of parts used in Bade
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Figure 4.18. Title wrapper of a set
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evival of Die Entführung aus dem S
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paper dimensions, watermarks, the s
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Figure 4.19. Canto part for Ave, ve
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and other material. 222 Among the n
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suggests that Mozart took part in t
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eceived a letter from her, “welch
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welche Wonne!” in Die Zauberflöt
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Like much else in Mozart’s short
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FIVE Mozart’s Obsequies 342 Die M
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leading up to the Exequien for Moza
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Leuthe, Lichtern, Kirchen apparaten
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The score of Gluck’s De Profundis
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the material derives from the Hofka
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Figure 5.3. Wrapper of parts for Ga
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part is marked “Trani” in the I
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II. THE COMMISSIONING OF THE REQUIE
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eplacement for the usual clarinet p
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Bauman, it is “unworthy of Mozart
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Whatever attitudes Mozart may have
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several works for the German liturg
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service in the orchestra, and it ma
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Figure 5.7. Autograph opening of S
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Figure 5.8. Autograph title page of
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comparisons between Mozart and Süs
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Süssmayr’s relations with Salier
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Musikfreunde, was witnessed by Sali
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The earliest report, completed in P
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Taken as a group, the four reports
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otherhood, the St. Cecilia Brudersc
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Fortunately, a number of Johann Geo
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Figure 5.11. “Singers’ graffiti
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detailed account of payments and a
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Majus 1791 [...] 1: 40: p[ro] descr
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SmWV 226. Both operas are undated,
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Figure 5.14. Entry in the St. Micha
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Seelenamt 6.-- Ornat beym Seelenamt
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Figure 5.15. Receipt by Spangler da
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the rhythm of the Cum sanctis. 172
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than 1795, and in a score of Don Gi
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Figure 5.19. Entry by Freystädtler
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minor. 186 It may be doubted, howev
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Discovering the true identity of th
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organist in Vienna. 200 Benedikt Sc
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Figure 5.21. Autograph Clarino Imo
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company entered these parts into Mo
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