Viola
SKU:
CA.5483813
Composed
by Michael Haydn. Edited
by Armin Kircher. This
edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Johann Michael Haydn.
Requiem In B Mh 838.
Sacred vocal music,
Requiem, Mourning, death.
Individual part. MH 838.
24 pages. Duration 55
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
54.838/13. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.5483813).
ISBN
9790007226367. Key: B
flat major. Language:
Latin.
The Requiem
in B flat major is Johann
Michael Haydn's second
setting of the liturgical
text of the Mass of the
dead (another Requiem, MH
599, has since been
identified as the work of
Father Georg Pasterwiz)
and it is also his last
work, his Opus ultimum.
On commission from
Empress Maria Theresia he
began the composition in
1805, but due to a
serious illness he made
only slow progress with
the work. Like W. A.
Mozart, he could not
complete this Requiem. In
1839 Father Gunther
Kronecker, Benedictine
Father in the monastery
of Kremsmunster in Upper
Austria, completed the
torso in the spirit and
style of Haydn. During
his student days in
Vienna Father Gunther
belonged to the circle of
friends who were
associated with Franz
Schubert. Score and part
available separately -
see item CA.5483800.
