Requiem (Süßmayr version) Sussmayr-Version by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, piano reduction (Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Corni di bassetto, 2 Fg, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc) - Grade 4

SKU: CA.5162604

Sussmayr-Version. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Ulrich Leisinger. Arranged by Franz Xaver Sussmayr. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mozart. Carus plus: Übehilfen, nur intern. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Requiem, Mourning, death. Vocal score. Composed 1791. KV 626. 84 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 51.626/04. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5162604).

ISBN 9790007171445. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Key: D minor. Text 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 Zauberflöte, and an acute infection led to the collapse and death of the composer following a short illness.

When he died on December 5th, 1791, the composer left behind a fragment for a requiem composition, where the various sections were at different stages of completion. Mozart’s wife 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 Süßmayr, 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 Süßmayr version is still the most well known, and it is doubtless the one with the closest historical ties to Mozart.