Johann Georg Reutter

On three separate occasions during this period, Reutter applied for a position as court organist and was each time rejected by Johann Joseph Fux.

The job provided living space directly adjacent to the cathedral, the Kapellhaus (demolished in 1803), which also housed Reutter's family and the choirboys.

[3] Reutter supervised a staff of 31 musicians, as follows: When trumpets, timpani, or trombones were needed, they were recruited on an ad hoc basis, often borrowed from the musical establishment of the imperial court (Hofkapelle).

[2] According to Jones, the repertoire of church music "constituted a continually unfolding tradition that is poorly served by the familiar division of the [18th] century into Baroque and Classical.

Joseph Haydn was given singing lessons by the tenor Ignaz Finsterbusch and taught violin by the ensemble's bass player, Adam Gegenbauer.

Jones lists the following: Reutter is believed to be the author of a setting of the De profundis, KV 93, formerly ascribed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.