Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Catholic Church minor (K. 427), written for the Salzburg visit of 1783, the motet "Ave verum corpus" (K. 618), written in Baden in 1791, and the Requiem mass (K. 626), left incomplete at Mozart's death. Research on paper types by Alan Tyson suggests that a number of works long thought to be Salzburg material actually may date from Mozart's late Vienna years. As Tyson notes, this would make sense since Mozart was at the time engaged in a (successful) campaign to be appointed as the designated successor to Leopold Hofmann in the Kapellmeister position at St. Stephen's Cathedral. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visit was successful, though the Munich journey resulted in a popular success with the premiere of Mozart's opera "La finta giardiniera". In August 1777, Mozart resigned his position at Salzburg and on 23 September ventured out once more in search of employment, with visits to Augsburg, Mannheim, Paris, and Munich. Mozart became acquainted with members of the famous orchestra in Mannheim, the best in Europe at the time. He also fell in love with Aloysia Weber, one of four daughters of a musical family. There were prospects of employment in Mannheim, but they came to nothing, and Mozart left for