Mozart showed amazing talent from early in childhood. Already competent on the keyboard and violin, he started composing from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, he was enlisted as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless of this and decided to travel in search of a better position, always composing abundantly. The Requièm Mass in D minor was composed in Vienna in 1791 and was left unfinished when Mozart died on December 5th 1791. A completion dated 1792 by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who had anonymously commissioned the piece for a requiem mass to commemorate the February 14th anniversary of his wife's death. A facsimile sheet of music from the Dies Irae movement of the "Requiem Mass in D Minor" (K. 626) in Mozart's own handwriting. It is located at the Mozarthaus in Vienna.

Soli (SATB), Chorus (SATB) / Orchestra 2 clarinets, 2 bassethorns, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 tombones, timpani, organ, strings ISMN: 979-0-58042-126-5

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This newly edited version of Mozart's Requiem (K.626) matches up this piano vocal score with a new set of orchestra parts (available separately). Previous versions of this work by other publishers are traditionally littered with mistakes and wrong notes / instructions / inconsistent dynamics, which have been fixed in this edition, including the addition of rehearsal marks which correspond with the conductor score and orchestra parts. Mozart's 1791 work (completed by Süssmayr in 1792) comprises fourteen movements in eight sections: I. Introitus: Requiem aeternam (Chorus and solo Soprano), II. Kyrie (Chorus), III. Sequenz: 1. Dies irae (Chorus), 2. Tuba mirum (four soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass), 3. Rex tremendae (Chorus), 4. Recordare (Chorus), 5. Confutatis (Chorus), 6. Lacrimosa (Chorus), IV. Offertorium: 1. Domine Jesu (Chorus with Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass soloists), 2. Hostias (Chorus), V. Sanctus (Chorus), VI. Benedictus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass soloists with Chorus), VII. Agnus Dei (Chorus) and VIII. Communio: Lux aeterna (Soprano solo with Chorus). It has become one of the most popular works for choirs throughout the world, and notably features the ever popular choral piece, 'Lacrimosa'. This is frequently a major study work at conservatoires and universities. This new edition is for chorus, soloists and piano.

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