Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2020
The front cover of Cod. 17561a in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, bears the following inscription: ‘Dieses vollständige Requiem, bestehend aus Bl. 1–64, wurde im Jahre 1838 angekauft’ (‘This complete Requiem, consisting of ff. 1–64, was acquired in 1838’). Similarly, on Cod. 17561b we read: ‘Dieses unvollständige Requiem ist aus zwei Bruchstücken zusammengesetzt: (1) Bl. 65–86 (alt 11–32) wurden vom Abbé Stadler gekauft. (2) Bl. 87–99 (alt 33–45) wurden vom Hof-Kapellmeister Eybler geschenkt’ (‘This incomplete Requiem is assembled from two fragments: (1) ff. 65–86 (olim 11–32) were bought from Abbé Stadler. (2) ff. 87–99 (olim 33–45) were presented by Hof-Kapellmeister Eybler‘).
1 Nowak, Leopold, ‘Die Erwerbung des Mozart-Requiems durch die K K. Hofbibliothek im Jahre 1838’, Festschrift Josef Stummvoll, ed. Josef Mayerhöfer and Walter Ritzer (Vienna, 1970), 295–310; cited in Heinz Gärtner, Mozarts Requiem und die Geschäfte der Constanze Mozart (Munich, 1986), 244–5Google Scholar
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101 No other examples of this paper-type are known either to Dr Tyson or to myselfGoogle Scholar
102 See Johnson, Douglas, Alan Tyson and Robert Winter, The Beethoven Sketchbooks History, Reconstruction, Inventory (Oxford, 1985), 559Google Scholar
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