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Composed. 1791. (Süssmayr completion finished 1792) Scoring. four soloists. chorus. orchestra. 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
Completions since the late 20th century. Since the 1960s...
- Sequence
A sequence (Latin: sequentia, plural: sequentiae) is a chant...
- 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
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a prolific composer and wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired work is in opera, piano concerto, piano sonata, symphony, string quartet, and string quintet. Mozart also wrote many violin sonatas, and other forms of chamber music, violin concertos, and other concertos for one or more solo ...
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. His health was deteriorating and he believed he had been cursed to write a ...
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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
The composition of Mozart's unfinished Requiem, K. 626, his last work, is surrounded by the following events. Introduction Timeline of Mozart's Requiem Before 1791
The later 1780s were the height of his success, with the string quartets dedicated to Haydn (who called Mozart the greatest living composer), the three great operas on Lorenzo Da Ponte’s librettos— The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)—and his superb late symphonies. In his last year he composed ...
