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

Bernard Spangler, Don Edmund Dussaix and Chrysostomus Bauer are all possible
candidates. 164 The list records that there was one funeral on the same day as Mozart’s
obsequies: the Einsegnung of a child, Barbara Stihberger.
The 1782 Stolordnung attempted to set uniform costs for Exequien, allowing two
classes of service in the city and one in the suburbs. Second-class services in the city cost 30fl
33xr, including 15fl “für eine wohlbesetzte Musik.” First-class services cost 45fl 48xr,
including 20fl “für eine ganz besetzte Musik mit Klarinen.” 165 Although the actual cost
varied according to circumstances, the restriction of trumpets to first-class services seems to
be reflected in contemporary musical settings. Albrechtsberger, for example, wrote three
“Motetti per i Morti 1 mae Classis” (Schröder J.12, J.17 and deest) and four “Mottetti per i
Morti 2 dae Classis” (Schröder B.I.25, J.15-16 and deest) during his time as
Domkapellmeister. 166 The second-class motets are scored for choir, strings, bassoon, colla parte
trombones and continuo, while the first-class motets add two muted trumpets to this
combination.
A glance at the lists immediately preceding and following Mozart’s obsequies shows
that such services were not a particularly common feature of liturgical life at St. Michael’s. In
November 1791, for example, there were no services of this kind. In January 1792, there was
a second-class anniversary for a prince of the Lichtenstein family, with the expenses
corresponding to those of Mozart’s obsequies:
[Tag:] 17. Jahrtag für den durchläuchtigen Hr: Emanuel Fürsten zu Lichtenstein seyli: [Rubrica:]
14. [Classis:] 2.
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164 Anon., Verzeichniß der Domstifter, 7, Schneider, Der Niedere Klerus, 139.
165 Brauneis, “Exequien Für Mozart,” 10.
166 The two deest works are listed in the St. Stephen’s catalogue (A-Wda, s.s., 105-6), but were presumably
disposed of by Preyer in 1889. They were a C minor setting of Spiritus meus attenuabitur and a C minor setting
of Manus tuae fecerunt me. Albrechtsberger also wrote another funeral motet, J. 14, without specific
designation.
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