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Burgtheater less than four months before, after Leopold II dismissed Salieri from the post. 73<br />

The results of Süssmayr’s temporary appointment as assistant to Weigl were soon felt: the<br />

theatre’s weekly ledger for 3-9 December 17<strong>91</strong> records a payment of 23fl to Süssmayr “für<br />

extra Dienste”; see Figure 5.6.<br />

Figure 5.6. Detail of the Burgtheater’s weekly ledger for 3-9 December 17<strong>91</strong>, showing payment to Süssmayr.<br />

A-Wn, Theatersammlung, M 4000.<br />

Two weeks later, Süssmayr received another payment of 10 fl for his services between 24 and<br />

30 December. Like the previous year’s entry, these records do not specify Süssmayr’s precise<br />

role, but additional information is provided by the yearly account book for the theatrical year<br />

17<strong>91</strong>-92. Among the items listed is a payment of 43 fl to “Siessmayer Franz, Cembalista für<br />

geleistete extra Dienste,” probably corresponding to the total of the two weekly payments<br />

listed here and a further payment in 1792. 74 “Cembalista” could imply repetiteur duties or<br />

73 Leopold had in fact specified that Umlauf, not Teyber, should act as Weigl’s assistant; see Leopold’s draft<br />

document of 27 July 17<strong>91</strong> quoted in John A. Rice, “Emperor and Impresario: Leopold II and the<br />

Transformation of Viennese Musical Theater, 1790-1792” (PhD diss., University of California, Berkeley,<br />

1987), 374.<br />

74 A-Whh, Generalintendanz der Hoftheater, SR 26; Dorothea Link, The National Court Theatre in Mozart's<br />

Vienna: Sources and Documents, 1783-1792 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998), 13-14n7. Link’s statement that<br />

Süssmayr was paid “for accompanying at several rehearsals” is not supported by the evidence, although it is<br />

conceivable that this was one of his functions.<br />

365

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