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1512: Innsbruck – Trier – Mechelen

Markus Grassl

At the beginning of 1512, Maximilian was in Upper Austria, where he also brought his chapel.[72] He then travelled through Bavaria to Trier, arriving in mid-March, a month before the opening of the Imperial Diet on April 16. Schubinger is documented in Innsbruck at the beginning of that month, where he received reimbursement of expenses from the Tyrolean Treasury on April 8.[73] It can be assumed that Schubinger was called to Trier around this time. This is supported by the fact that the Imperial Diet Chronicle of Peter Maier, a secretary to the Bishop of Trier, reports on church services of Maximilian I’s chapel with instrumental participation, particularly a mass on Cantate Sunday (May 9) “die ist discantiert” (that was sung polyphonically) and “darinn mit zincken vnd basunen geblasen” (played with cornetts and trombones).[74] In the second half of May, Maximilian departed from the Imperial Assembly to the Netherlands. Another payment from the city of Mechelen to “meester Augustyn luytslagher vanden keyser” (Master Augustin, lutenist of the emperor) confirms that Schubinger (along with his trumpeters and an unnamed organist) accompanied him.[75]

Abb. Schubinger im Rechnungsbuch der Stadt Mecheln 1512

Abb. Schubinger im Rechnungsbuch der Stadt Mecheln 1512
item Gegheven meester Augustyn luytslagher vanden keyser xj juno 1512
twe gouwen gulden                                                                                                   xiiij schilling
item Gegheven den orgalist vanden keyer ten daghe als boven                   vj schilling iij denar
[…]
item Gegheven den trompetters vanden keyser iiij gouwen gulden            xxviij schilling
(Item gegeben Meister Augustin, Lautenist des Kaisers, 11. Juni 1512, zwei Goldgulden […]
Item gegeben dem Organisten des Kaisers am Tag wie oben […]
[Zahlung an die kaiserlichen Türhüter („doerweerders“)]
Item gegeben den Trompetern des Kaisers 4 Goldgulden […])

 

In mid-July, the emperor left the Netherlands for Cologne, where the Imperial Diet had been moved from Trier. He arrived on 16 July. After the Diet concluded at the end of August, Maximilian remained in Cologne until early November. He then travelled to Alsace, where he spent most of the time until March 1513. Whether Schubinger was part of the emperor’s entourage in Cologne is unknown. In any case, they had gone their separate ways by November at the latest, when Schubinger made another stop in Augsburg.[76]

[72] Senn 1954, 36.

[73] A-Ila Oberösterreichische Kammer, Raitbücher vol. 58 (1512), fol. 299v (identical wording in vol. 59, fol. 139r–v): “Augustin Busaner x gulden an seinem Lifergelt.”

[74] See references in Grassl 2019, 241.

[75] B-Baeb Algemeen Rijksarchief / Archives générales du Royaume, V132–41291 (Stads Rekeningen Mechelen, 1. Nov. 1511–31. Oct. 1512), fol. 209v.

[76] D-Asa Baumeisterbücher, vol. 106 (1512), fol. 30v: “Samstag post katherine [27 November] / Item ij gulden dem Augustein pfeiffer Kay mt diener.”