Mozart Requiem Completed

Süssmayr Version from the Unfinished Original

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Dec 5, 2008

Completion of Mozart’s requiem. Franz Xaver Süssmayr contracted by Constanze Mozart. The Requiem, K 626 (Mass in D minor) was the last composition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He left it unfinished due to his untimely demise at the young age of 35, on December 5, 1791. Immediately after Mozart’s death, efforts to complete the Requiem began. Constanze Mozart contracted two composers to work on Requiem’s completion: Joseph Eybler (1765-1846). He was a good musician who later became Hofkapellmeister. He orchestrated the “Dies irae” as the “Lacrimosa.” Then he stopped working on it. Here’s the full article — [Mozart Requiem completed]