Click here to hear Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Requiem" (K. 626),
begun in 1791 by Mozart, later finished by Sassmayr.
(Sound Machine 2.1 File, 374K)


This recording from the Noordhollands Jongenskoor and Koorschool of the "Grote-of St. Laurenskerk" in Alkmaar, Holland. Germany: Point Classics, 1994. (#2671092). It was directed by Hendrik Timmermann.
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The Requiem is a traditional funeral mass, the Latin lyrics of which are traditional and date from the 12th or 13th century. Mozart's composition is in 14 sections (or 12 depending on how sees the piece segmented). This sound sample is from the fifth part of the mass, "Sanctus," the 11th movement here.

This image, which is part of Section 10 of Mozart's Requiem, was scanned from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in Full Score, New York: Dover Publishing Inc., 1987, page 71. 
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