Franz von Walsegg
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| First Name |
Franz
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| Middle Name |
Von
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| Last Name |
Walsegg
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| Birthday |
17th January, 1763
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| Died |
11th November, 1827
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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Count Franz von Walsegg (January 17, 1763 – November 11, 1827) was an aristocrat, living in Stuppach Castle near Gloggnitz, who is best remembered for having commissioned a requiem mass from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791 following the death of his twenty-year-old wife Anna (the grieving count, only 28 himself at the time, would never remarry). A Freemason and amateur musician, Walsegg had a penchant for commissioning works from composers of the day and then passing them off as his own in private performances. In his account of the commission of the requiem mass from Mozart, Anton Herzog states:
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