Offenbach

Mozart’s stays: probably October 1790

Johann Anton Andre (1775 - 1842) was an enthusiastic musician and an outstanding violinist. After his father's death he took over the music printing press founded in 1774 as well as the music shop and signed a contract with Constanze Mozart, whereby he purchased the musical legacy of the composer. At the same time he brought Alois Senefelder from Munich to Offenbach am Main and had him set up the first lithographic presses in his publishing house. The Offenbach Archive of the still existing Andre company contains extremely valuable lithographic first editions of Mozart's works according to the original notes and is an unique source for musical research. The original manuscripts themselves were however let go or passed around from 1854 on by the heirs and are now dispersed.