Count Franz von Walsegg (January 17, 1763 – November 11, 1827) was a German aristocrat, living in Stuppach Castle near Gloggnitz, who is best remembered...

same year. A completed version dated 1792 by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who had commissioned the piece for a requiem...

commissioning of the Requiem from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Count Franz von Walsegg. The document was censored in Vienna in February 1839; the back of...

anonymous benefactor. In reality, the patron turned out to be Count Franz von Walsegg, who was grieving after the death of his wife. Amadeus premiered in...

November 6 – Bartolomeo Campagnoli, violinist (b. 1751) November 11 – Franz von Walsegg, count who commissioned Mozart's Requiem (b. 1763) November 20 – Alexey...

Theatre as part of the ceremonials. Mid-July – An emissary of Count Franz von Walsegg commissions a Requiem for the late Countess Anna from Wolfgang Amadeus...

composes mostly dance music (K. 599–611). 14 February: Anna, Count von Walsegg's wife, dies at the age of 20. 3 March: Mozart completes the Fantasia...

1854 – 6 September 1927) was one of the highest court officials of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Among his ancestors were members of the House of Habsburg...

the first time in its original purpose, during a Requiem Mass for Count Walsegg's deceased wife. The monastery suffered for centuries from insufficient...

And most of all, that there in Prague the mysterious messenger of Count Walsegg appears, orders the Requiem and, as Mozart declares that he is not in the...