Mozart requiem

1. Did Mozart died while writing the Requiem?
2. What is Mozart's most famous Requiem?
3. What is the meaning of Mozart's Requiem?
4. Was Mozart Requiem played at his funeral?

Did Mozart died while writing the Requiem?

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.
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Requiem (Mozart)

What is Mozart's most famous Requiem?

Requiem in D Minor, K 626, requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, left incomplete at his death on December 5, 1791. Until the late 20th century the work was most often heard as it had been completed by Mozart's student Franz Xaver Süssmayr.

What is the meaning of Mozart's Requiem?

Mozart's Requiem is a choral masterpiece whose genesis is shrouded in mystery – one that makes the piece all the more fascinating and emotionally stirring. ... He was only able to complete the Requiem and Kyrie movements, and managed to sketch the voice parts and bass lines for the Dies irae through to the Hostias.

Was Mozart Requiem played at his funeral?

The completed version of the Requiem was played at the re-burial of Napoleon I in 1840 and at the funeral of Frederick Chopin's in 1848.