Mozart's work on the Requiem was interrupted by other projects, including two operas, Die Zauberflöte and La clemenza di Tito, a Clarinet Concerto, and a Masonic Cantata.
Notable Performances
The first public performance of Mozart's Requiem took place on January 2, 1793, in Vienna, organized by Baron Gottfried van Swieten for Mozart's widow Constanze and her children.
Composition History
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem was anonymously commissioned by Count Walsegg-Stuppach, who intended to pass it off as his own work.
Composition History
Mozart died shortly after midnight on December 5, 1791, leaving the Requiem unfinished after the first eight bars of the 'Lacrimosa'.
Composition History
The Requiem was completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who was not the initial choice for the task.
Compositional Technique
The Requiem's seriousness and deep piety stem from rigorous polyphony, similar to that found in the Baroque works of Bach and Handel.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mozart's Requiem achieves a remarkable synthesis of the Italian expressivity found in his operas and the conventional stylistic principles of 18th-century church music.
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