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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.
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14 movements (in 8 liturgical sections) Composition Year. 1791 (unfinished; first completed 1792 by Süssmayr) Genre Categories. Requiems; Funeral music; Religious works; Related Works. Libera me Domine by Seyfried was written as a continuation of the Requiem.
Mozart's sacred choral music consists of Masses, Litanies, Vespers, Psalms, Church Music, Oratorios, Cantatas, Requiem among and other shorter and fragmented works. Beginning in 1768 and ending in 1791, his sacred works are considered some of the most important and influential ever written.
K 1K 6CompositionDateOctober – November 1768Missa solemnis in C minor, "Waisenhaus"1768 – 176914 January 1769Mass in C, "Dominicus"October 1769People also ask
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Signature. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as ...
- 27 January 1756, Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg
- Mozart family
- 5 December 1791 (aged 35), Vienna
- Constanze Mozart
12 April: Mozart completes his last string quintet, in E ♭ (K. 614). 4 May: Mozart completes the Andante in F for a small mechanical organ (K. 616). 23 May: Mozart completes the Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello, his last chamber work (K. 617). 17 June: Mozart completes the motet Ave verum corpus (K. 618).
Apr 4, 2024 · Confining musical discussion to those portions of the requiem that are mostly from Mozart’s own mind, the orchestra most often focuses on the strings, with woodwinds featured when greater poignancy is needed and brass and timpani largely relied on for forceful moments.
