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The Requiem is scored for 2 basset horns in F, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets in D, 3 trombones ( alto, tenor, and bass ), timpani (2 drums), violins, viola, and basso continuo ( cello, double bass, and organ ). The basset horn parts are sometimes played on conventional clarinets, even though this changes the sonority .
A few comments on what Mozart actually wrote for trombones: All editions of the Requiem put the solo in the "Tuba Mirum" in the tenor trombone part, in fact the Eulenberg edition specifically says, "Trombone Tenore Solo." But Mozart actually only wrote "Trombone Solo;" the confidence for use of the tenor trombone player comes from the fact that ...
May 15, 2024 · Especially in the “Sequence,” Mozart underlines the power of the text by setting prominent trombone passages against the voices: chorus in the “Dies Irae” and soprano, alto, tenor, and bass soloists in the “Tuba Mirum.” It is the most prominent use of the trombone in Mozart’s entire catalog.
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Jan 31, 2023 · Mozart wrote the first phrase of the tenor trombone solo in the Requiem rather than the second half, which begins on the long b-flat. This work was written by Mozart’s pupil, Franz Xaver S*ssmayer, and it was published as a reprint in 1913.
Editions of Mozart's Requiem. by bcschipper » Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:21 pm. I am surprised by the large differences of trombone parts in various editions of Mozart's Requiem (Suessmayr) In the autograph Mozart wrote four notes for trombones at the beginning, most of the tuba mirum, and that's it.
April 20-21-22, 2017. “Tuba mirum” or “Tuba dirum”: Mozart’s Requiem and the Trombone. by Douglas Yeo. Written in the last months of his life, Mozart’s Requiem has achieved almost mythic status as one of classical music’s greatest works, despite the fact that he did not live to see it to completion.
