German Harmonie was not as well established as that of the Viennese, with the exception of that of Maximilian Franz who went to Bonn as Elector of Cologne in 1784 (the last to hold the office because of the Napoleonic wars in 1794). This Harmonie was somewhat an exception because it originated in Vienna, prior to Maximilian Franz's appointment, and played opera transcriptions--a practice not as prevalent in Bonn as in Vienna horn