MOZART AND THE PRACTICE OF SACRED MUSIC, 1781-91 a ...

Figure 3.21. The handwriting of Jakob Nurscher, together with samples of VMC-3’s handwriting.
The Hofkapelle’s score of K. 337 in the hand of VMC-3 is on paper with two
watermarks: the problematic Tyson 96, found in dated Mozart autographs from 1788 to
1791, 235 and Duda FL, found in the autograph of Süssmayr’s 1793 opera L’incanto superato
and several other undated works. 236 The surviving parts for K. 337 are written on two
principal papertypes: the first has the watermark Duda AM-7, found in Süssmayr scores
from about 1793 to 1795, and the second has a design of three moons countered by the
letters A over HF. This watermark is not equivalent to any illustrated in Tyson or Duda, but
may be the same as one mentioned by Edge in an arrangement of Cimarosa’s 1792 opera Il
matrimonio segreto. 237 The watermarks are certainly suggestive of a date in the first half of the
1790s, but it is impossible to be more specific at this point.
Neither the Hofkapelle score nor parts for K. 337 make any mention of the
coronation service. As might be expected, sources of works written especially for the
coronations usually take care to document the occasion of their commissioning and
performance, both for historical purposes and perhaps also as a matter of pride on the part of
235 The total span is 187+/188-, not equivalent to either of those associated with Mozart’s autographs. Tyson 96
is equivalent to Duda AV, found in several undated Süssmayr scores that evidently originate around the same
time.
236 Duda gives a total span of 187-89, which is unusually large for a single rastrum, but is nonetheless consistent
with the FL paper in the Hofkapelle manuscript (TS=187+/188).
237 MVC, 365. The two trombone parts are on paper with a watermark of a man-in-the-moon countered by the
letters LZ; these may date from a slightly later period than the other parts.
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