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Günther Grünsteudel

• Der erste nachweisbare Fagottist der Wallersteiner Hofmusik war der später gefeierte Georg Wenzel Ritter (1763), auch wenn sein Aufenthalt im Ries nur von kurzer Dauer war. Zwischen 1764 und 1778 versah Joseph Jandoffsky, ein Angehöriger der Dienerschaft, diesen Posten. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Blasinstrumenten, die von Anfang an paarweise verfügbar waren, umfasste das Wallersteiner Orchester zunächst nur ein Fagott. Nach dem ebenfalls kurzen, nur wenige Monate währenden Engagement von Franz Czerwenka (1781) konnte erst im Januar 1784 mit Christoph Hoppius wieder ein fähiger Spieler in die Kapelle aufgenommen werden, zu dem 1785 mit Franz Xaver Meisriemel dann noch ein zweiter kam. Diese Konstellation blieb, abgesehen von einem viermonatigen Intermezzo von Hoppius in Diensten des Herzogs von Mecklenburg-Schwerin Anfang 1790, bis zum Tod von Meisriemel im August 1814 bestehen. Hoppius starb im Mai 1824. Weinberger zufolge gehörte auch er fast bis zuletzt der Hofkapelle an.
• The first documented bassoonist in the Wallerstein court music was the later celebrated Georg Wenzel Ritter, even if his stay in the Ries Valley in 1763 was only for a short duration. Between 1764 and 1778 Joseph Jandoffsky, a member of the servants in Livrée, fulfilled this position. In comparison to other wind instruments, which were from the beginning found in pairs, the Wallerstein orchestra at first included only one bassoon. After the similar short – only a few months – engagement of Franz Czerwenka (1781), a capable bassoonist was engaged for the Kapelle in January 1784 in the person of Christoph Hoppius, to which in 1785 Franz Xaver Meisriemel was added as second bassoonist. Apart from the four-month long 'Intermezzo' of Hoppius in the service of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1790, this constellation remained in place until the death of Meisriemel in August 1814. Hoppius died in May 1824. According to Weinberger also he was a member of the Hofkapelle almost to the lastThe first documented bassoonist in the Wallerstein court music was the later celebrated Georg Wenzel Ritter, even if his stay in the Ries Valley in 1763 was only for a short duration. Between 1764 and 1778 Joseph Jandoffsky, a member of the servants in Livrée, fulfilled this position. In comparison to other wind instruments, which were from the beginning found in pairs, the Wallerstein orchestra at first included only one bassoon. After the similar short – only a few months – engagement of Franz Czerwenka (1781), a capable bassoonist was engaged for the Kapelle in January 1784 in the person of Christoph Hoppius, to which in 1785 Franz Xaver Meisriemel was added as second bassoonist. Apart from the four-month long 'Intermezzo' of Hoppius in the service of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1790, this constellation remained in place until the death of Meisriemel in August 1814. Hoppius died in May 1824. According to Weinberger also he was a member of the Hofkapelle almost to the last days.…