Requiem (Mozart)
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The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year
The first page of Mozart's autograph score
Drawing of Mozart in silverpoint, made by Dora Stock during Mozart's visit to Dresden, April 1789
The beginning of the Dies irae in the working manuscript started by Mozart, with Eybler's orchestration. In the upper right, Nissen has left a note: "Everything not circled with pencil is in Mozart's hand up to page 32." The first violin, choir and figured bass are entirely Mozart's.
Constanze in 1802, portrait by Hans Hansen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician. He completed more than 800 works in his life—including outstanding examples of most of the genres of his time: symphonies, concertos, cha
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. A completed…
Detail from Portrait of the Mozart Family, c. 1781
Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg
Mozart family on tour: Leopold, Wolfgang, Nannerl; watercolour by Carmontelle, c. 1763
Mozart aged 14 in January 1770 (School of Verona, attributed to Giambettino Cignaroli)