Requiem
Sussmayr-Version
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 basset horns, 2 bassoons, 2 contrabass, 3 trombones, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.5162603

Sussmayr-Version. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Ulrich Leisinger. Arranged by Paul Horn, Franz Xaver Sussmayr. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mozart. REQUIEM (ARR. SUssMAYR). Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Requiem, Mourning, death. Vocal score. Composed 1791. KV 626. 84 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 51.626/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5162603).

ISBN 9790007058357. Key: D minor. Language: Latin.

The history of the genesis of the Requiem is entwined with legends and anecdotes. The burdens of the composition and performance of La Clemenza di Tito and Die Zauberflote, and an acute infection led to the collapse and death of the composer following a short illness. Mozart left his wife in considerable debt. Constanze therefore turned to Mozart's friends, asking them to complete the fragment. After two failed attempts, the task passed to Mozart's pupil Franz Xaver Sussmayr, who completed the Requiem in the form known today, using working materials that are no longer extant, and perhaps verbal instructions from the composer. Today the Sussmayr version is still the most well known, and it is doubtless the one with the closest historical ties to Mozart. This work is now available in carus music, the choir app! Score available separately - see item CA.5162600.