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Requiem (Mozart) The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year.
- Modern Completions
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- Sequence
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- D Minor
Scale-degree chords. The scale-degree chords of D minor are:...
- Lacrimosa
The Lacrimosa (Latin for "weeping/tearful"), also a name...
- Franz Von Walsegg
Plaque in Wiener Neustadt marking the 14 December 1793...
- Modern Completions
mid-September – 28 September: Revision and completion of The Magic Flute (K. 620). 30 September: Premiere of The Magic Flute. 7 October: Mozart completes his Clarinet Concerto in A major (K. 622). 8 October – 20 November: Mozart works on the Requiem and a cantata (K. 623). 15 November: Mozart completes the cantata.
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Apr 4, 2024 · Requiem in D Minor, K 626, requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, left incomplete at his death on December 5, 1791. Until the late 20th century the work was most often heard as it had been completed by Mozart’s student Franz Xaver Sussmayr. Later completions have since been offered.
- Betsy Schwarm
Mozart's Requiem is a choral masterpiece whose genesis is shrouded in mystery – one that makes the piece all the more fascinating and emotionally stirring. Mozart was not in the best state of mind when he received an anonymous commission to compose a Requiem Mass.
Contains the complete autograph fragment in Mozart's handwriting (combined from the Ablieferungspartitur and the Arbeitspartitur) with some additions inserted by other composers (among them Eybler and Freystädtler) at Constanze's request immediately after Mozart's death. Colour scans are at ca. 200dpi.
Mozart's Requiem – The road to the Requiem | Gramophone. David Threasher. Tuesday, November 1, 2016. David Threasher explores the musical precursors of Mozart's Requiem. Mozart’s Requiem is the earliest such work to have broken free from its liturgical bonds and become a regular fixture in the concert hall and on record.
