Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (1756–1791) was arguably the most gifted musician in the history of classical music. Find out more about his music, ... Mozart did not live long ...

It was in early July 1791 that an ‘unknown, gray stranger’ turned up at the composer’s door saying he represented someone who wanted a Requiem from Mozart on the understanding that he not seek to ...

Mozart began working on his Requiem in 1791 but died before it could be completed. The mysterious “messenger” who commissioned the piece has long been the subject of speculation, not least in ...

Oct. 25—In 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna. He was just weeks shy of his 36th birthday. The famed composer never finished his last commission — his "Requiem," his famous Mass for ...

He didn’t perform an encore, which only heightened the contrast between the rosy concerto, a triumph of early 1791, and what followed after intermission: the Requiem, left unfinished at Mozart ...

Complete Information About Mozart/Sleeping Giant: Requiem in Dayton at Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. The unique Classical Connections format features musical examples and ...

In 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna. He was just weeks shy of his 36th birthday. The famed composer never finished his last commission – his “Requiem,” his famous Mass for the dead.

The Mozart Requiem remains one of the great mysteries of music history. Written on his deathbed, commissioned anonymously, it was left incomplete when the composer died on Dec. 5, 1791. Yet it remains ...

An evening of well-played Mozart is like a balm to the soul — an instant antidote to a world of grim headlines and traffic jams. This doesn’t mean that Mozart’s music is unremittingly jolly ...

Feeling a bit better by mid-November 1791, Mozart retracted claims to being poisoned and turned to writing his Requiem. Diagnosing Mozart’s final illness is complicated by the fact that the ...

The nearly 900-year-old Austrian castle that was the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s hauntingly beautiful “Requiem,” the last composition he wrote before his death in 1791, is headed ...

Editor's note: These concerts have been cancelled. The Mozart Requiem remains one of the great mysteries of music history. Written on his deathbed, commissioned anonymously, it was left incomplete ...