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1507/08: Nördlingen – Augsburg – Constance – Innsbruck – Mechelen

Markus Grassl

Maximilian arrived in Alsace from Innsbruck in mid-February 1507, where he stayed until his departure to the Imperial Diet in Constance in April, in time for its opening on 30 April. Meanwhile, Schubinger was in Nördlingen around February 19 and a month later in Augsburg.[66] Although his name is not explicitly mentioned in any sources related to the Imperial Diet, it can be assumed that Schubinger was summoned to the assembly in Constance sometime during April or May. Maximilian summoned his entire court music to this event, including the full chapel (which likely arrived in Constance as early as February), the trumpet corps, and players of cornetts and trombones, who performed at banquets, a fireworks display, and church services in conjunction with the chapel.[67] After the closure of the Imperial Diet in July 1507, Maximilian set off for Innsbruck, while the chapel began a long stationing in Constance, lasting until May 1509. This period proved particularly productive; Henricus Isaac began working on his Propers cycle known as Choralis Constantinus).[68] Only two cases provide more detailed information about the whereabouts of the instrumentalists after the Imperial Diet. Paul Hofhaimer settled permanently in Augsburg in 1507 on Maximilian’s orders.[69] Schubinger did not stay long with the chapel, since his accommodation and hospitality costs were reimbursed by the Tyrolean Treasury in Innsbruck at the end of November 1507.[70] At this time, Maximilian was no longer in the Tyrol, but had been traveling in the Allgäu since early November. Schubinger’s initial destination is unclear. However, an undated payment recorded in the account book of the city of Mechelen, covering expenses from November 1, 1507, to October 31, 1508,[71] suggests that he rejoined the court camp during the second half of 1508, when Maximilian was in the Netherlands for the preparation and conclusion of the League of Cambrai.

[66] Stadtarchiv Nördlingen, Stadtkammerrechnungen 1507, fol. 60v: “Augustain Zinkenblasser Kl. Mayt. busawnner verert selbannd auff aftermontag nach sanct vallentainstag [19. Februar]”; D-Asa Baumeisterbücher, vol. 101 (1507), fol 24r: “Samstag nach Letare [20. März]. […] Item ij guldin Augustin Kö mayt Busaner.” Also in 1507 is a likely reference to Schubinger, though not precisely dated, in: D-Nsa Reichsstadt Nürnberg, Losungsamt, Stadtrechnungen 181, fol. 426v: “Item i gulden der Romischen Kaiserlichen mt zinckenplaser.”

[67] See the detailed references in Kelber 2018 LIT, 58–59, 142; Grassl 2019, 239.

[68] Cf. the comprehensive account of this partly immensely agile and stimulating, partly quiet and productive period of music in Maximilian’s orbit in Schwindt 2018c, 188–194.

[69] Schuler 1995, 13–14 and 18–19.

[70] A-Ila Oberösterreichische Kammer, Raitbücher vol. 51 (word and page identical in vol. 52), fol. 239r: “Augustin schubinger pausauner geben / am xxij tag november zu seiner / außlosung hier, laut seiner quittung / iij gulden”.

[71] B-Baeb Algemeen Rijksarchief / Archives générales du Royaume, V132–41287 (Stads Rekeningen Mecheln 1507/1508), fol. 211r.