Viola
SKU:
CA.5162613
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.
Individual part. Composed
1791. KV 626. 20 pages.
Carus Verlag #CV
51.626/13. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.5162613).
ISBN
9790007225247. 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 and
part available separately
- see item
CA.5162600.
