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 ...

Understand the lasting impact of Lacrimosa by Mozart, known for its moving sound and connection to the composer’s final days.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Chorale, under the direction of Artistic Director Alan Zabriskie, will present “Requiem,” a choral masterpiece that Mozart composed in 1791 just a few months before his untimely death at ...

Although the ancient text of the mass for the dead is somber, Mozart’s music in this May Festival performance offered a message of hope. While Mozart lay on his deathbed composing his Requiem in ...

Mozart died the year prior, in 1791, at age 35, leaving “Requiem,” his final masterpiece, unfinished. Who and how the work was completed and delivered to the count who had commissioned it the ...

Mozart wrote the Requiem in 1791, and it was unfinished at his death in the same year. A completed version dated 1792 by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) wrote his Requiem Mass in d minor, K. 626, in Vienna in late 1791, but he hadn’t finished it when he died on Dec. 5. The work was completed by Mozart’s student Franz ...

He died in 1791 before finishing his choral masterpiece. Portions of it were performed five days after his death. Santa Fe Pro Musica to perform Mozart's 'Requiem' ...

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 ...