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Mosel’s statement is only partially supported by other evidence. The mass for Leopold II’s
coronation in Frankfurt has long been known: a newly commissioned mass by Vincenzo
Righini. Righini was not paid until 1792, when he received 50 ducats “für eine...zur Kayser
Krönungs Feyerlichkeit in Frankfurt gelieferte Messe“, which may suggest the work was
repeated that year. 258 As shown in Table 3.3, it seems that masses by Ignaz Walter and
Mozart’s nemesis Peter Winter were also performed in Frankfurt for Leopold, but their exact
role is unclear.
Before Salieri travelled to the respective coronations, he had to negotiate with the
Obersthofmeisteramt and with the local authorities on how many Hofkapelle members would
be accompanying him and who would be responsible for various musical occasions. 259 In
Prague, for example, St. Vitus’ Cathedral had its own musical ensemble directed by Johann
Kozeluch, brother of the better-known composer Leopold Kozeluch. Salieri travelled to
Prague in 1791 bringing with him just seven musicians, so the participation of the St. Vitus
musicians, particularly the instrumentalists, was in fact mandatory if the coronation services
were to have the expected orchestral forces. 260
An examination of the St. Vitus music archive provides important additional
information and shows that the Cathedral’s Kapellmeister and his ensemble played a central
role in the musical performances during the coronation. A set of parts for a mass by Leopold
Hofmann bears the annotation “Producta prima vice 1791 in der Huldigungs-Messe
Leopoldi II...”, referring to the events of 4 September. 261 A partially autograph set of parts for
258 Pfannhauser, "Mozarts 'Krönungsmesse'," 7. On Righini’s church music, see Konrad-Jürgen Kleinecke, Das
Kirchenmusikalische Schaffen von Vincenzo Righini (Tutzing: Schneider, 1984). Righini’s autograph is in A-Wn,
Mus. Hs. 34234. The Hofkapelle’s own sources for the mass (the score in A-Wn, HK 2281, the parts in HK
2335) appear to date from around 1800 or slightly later.
259 See the correspondence in Angermüller, Dokumente, ii.225-30, 246-51.
260 Angermüller, Dokumente, ii.225-27.
261 CZ-Pak, 528. On the St. Vitus sources, see Jiri Stefan, Ecclesia Metropolitana Pragensis. Catalogus Collectionis
Operum Artis Musicae, vol. 4, Artis Musicae Antiquioris Catalogorum (Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1983-85).
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