Composer |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Xaver Süssmayr |
|---|---|
Occasion |
Anniversary of the death of Franz von Walsegg’s wife |
Type |
Tutti |
From |
Sequenz |
Status |
(fragment) |
Key |
d minor |
Meter |
12/8 |
Length |
8 measures |
Latin text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Lacrimosa dies illa, |
Full of tears will be that day |
qua resurget ex favilla |
When from the ashes shall arise |
judicandus homo reus. |
The guilty man to be judged; |
Huic ergo parce Deus, |
Therefore spare him, O God, |
pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem! Amen! |
Merciful Lord Jesus, |
Grant them eternal rest! Amen! |
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The first system of this movement reproduces four empty staves that appear in the autograph score, intended for winds but never marked. The movement is incomplete (NMA,I/1, section 2/1, foreword). For a detailed discussion of the dating of this work, which was completed before Mozart’s death in 1791 but dated 1792 on the manuscript, see the foreword to NMA I/1, section 2/1. For the versions that followed Mozart’s death—including the additions to the autograph by Joseph Eybler and the completion of the Requiem by Franz Xaver Süsmayr—see NMA I/1/2/2.
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