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parts, Eybler’s additional parts do not appear to survive in this set. Of the other manuscripts,
only those for K. 275 appear to be quite early, and may not have originally belonged to St.
Stephen’s. 134 Thus, none of the surviving Mozart sources appear to originate with the
composer’s own activities at the Cathedral. With the large-scale losses from the archive,
however, we will never know the true extent of the composer’s influence as adjunct
Kapellmeister.
Two incidents involving the Cathedral music are known to have occurred during
Mozart’s tenure, although the composer’s name does not appear in the surviving
correspondence. On 1 July 1791, Leopold Hofmann wrote to the Magistrat in his last
surviving correspondence with the Council, requesting that they appoint Mathias Altmütter
as violinist following the death of Markus Hofer; see Figure 4.14. Given the loss of the
account book for 1791, the Council’s response on 4 August is particularly helpful as it lists
most of the violinists who were then working under Hofmann and possibly Mozart:
Aufzubehalten, und wird den Otto Heinrich Ponheimer die 3 te , den Anton Borghi die 4 te , den
Johann Klemp die 5 te , den Joseph Scheidl die 6 te , den Mathias Hofer die 7 te , den Franz Hofer die
8 te , den Leopold Reinhard die 9 te , den Joseph Lorbna die 10 te , und den Mathias Altmütter die
letzte Violinistenstelle bei der St: Stephanskirche... 135
All of these musicians occupied the same positions during the following year.
Hofkapelle beygesetzt / worden. / 1828.” A score of K. 194 (HK 2237) includes the note: “Oboen - Fagotti
und Clarini von K. K. Hofkapellmeister Eybler / hinzugefügt, so wie auch von / selbem das Agnus Dei und
Dona abgekürzt wurde. im J. 1825.” A similar note appears in another score of the same work, HK 2247. A
score of K. 259 (HK 2245) includes additional oboe, bassoon and viola parts by Eybler, with the note: “die
Oboen, Fagott / und die Viola wurden / zur Verstärkung für die / k. k. Hofkapelle - vom Herrn /
Hofkapellmeister v. Eybler / eigenhändig hier bey-geschrieben; / im März 1839.”
134 The wrapper is signed “Franz Göschl,” and underneath in pencil, “Alois E...l / Regens chori.”
135 A-Wsa, HR A 17/4, 3/1791.
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