The year 1759 was a turning point in Haydn's career due to his appointment he received as Kapellmeister to Count Maximilian von Morzin of Bohemia. This appointment not only rescued Haydn from eking out an existence as a music teacher--an existence which assuredly left little time for composition--but the very requirements of the appointment provided time and encouragement to write. Bohemia was known for its excellent wind players, so it was not only a natural outcome but also probably a requirement from the prince that Haydn should write in this medium. The court spent winters in Vienna and summers at the Count's castle at Lukavec near Pilsen. The count's band consisted of fifteen members, occasionally augmented by members of the household. With this group, Haydn performed music at mealtime, as well as serenades after supper in the evening. This was the first opportunity for Haydn to include clarinets in his scoring. Accurate dating is hard for this literature, as some is dated as late as 1761 when Haydn had moved to Esterházy. It is unclear as to whether Haydn simply brought music from his previous employment, or actually composed new works for this venture. Adding to the confusion is the inclusion of clarinets in this music. H. C. Robbins Landon suggests that clarinets were normally not available at this early date at the Esterházy court. So possibly works such as the Divertimento in C major for two clarinets and two horns were written for the visit of the dilettante player, Count Nichael Casimir Oginski, who was a guest of the Esterházy palace in Vienna in 1761.20 Dieter Klöcker claims that internal and external evidence also suggests the possibility that octet writing may have occurred much later than 1761, since Haydn had at his disposal the complete wind section of the band of the Prince of Wales during his visits to England