Requiem in C minor
by Michael Haydn
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 clarinos/trumpets, 2 trumpets, (3 trombones), timpani, 2 violins, basso continuo - Level 3

SKU: CA.5032100

Composed by Michael Haydn. Edited by Charles H. Sherman. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Johann Michael Haydn. German title: Requiem In C (Schrattenbach) Mh 155. Sacred vocal music, Requiem, Mourning, death. Full score. Composed 1771. MH 155. 120 pages. Duration 35 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 50.321/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5032100).

ISBN 9790007080976. Key: C minor. Language: Latin.

Johann Michael Haydn's "Requiem in C minor" heavily influenced W. A. Mozart's "Requiem". In just two weeks Michael Haydn composed his work in December 1771, on the occasion of the death of his employer, Prince Bishop Sigismund Count Schrattenbach, who was beloved among the people and was a great patron of the arts. The work was written under the impression of personal tragedy: Haydn's only child, Aloisia Josepha, died in January 1771, before completing her first year of life. Parts of the Schrattenbach-Requiem were played together with the completed movements from his second, unfinished Requiem during his own furneral service. During the funeral service in Vienna for Joseph Haydn, parts of his younger brother's C-minor Requiem were also performed.