Two measures later, the bass soloist enters, imitating the same theme. Moreover it must be said by the celebrant and sung by the choir at all High Masses of requiem, nor may any of the 19 stanzas be omitted. The second theme reappears one final time on m. 106 on Sed tu bonus and concludes with three hemiolas. The form of this piece is somewhat similar to sonata form, with an exposition around two themes (mm. He spoke of "very strange thoughts" regarding the unpredicted appearance and commission of this unknown man. The Dies irae opens with a show of orchestral and choral might with tremolo strings, syncopated figures and repeated chords in the brass. Dies Irae: Latin and English The opening words of the sequence proper to requiem Masses, whereby the hymn is known. When you see the translation, you will understand why I chose this piece for the musical accompaniment to my website. Dies irae, Kyrie! [citation needed]. Mozart Requiem Dies Irae. In the 1960s, a sketch for an Amen Fugue was discovered, which some musicologists (Levin, Maunder) believe belongs to the Requiem at the conclusion of the sequence after the Lacrymosa. "[12] The extent to which Süssmayr's work may have been influenced by these "scraps" if they existed at all remains a subject of speculation amongst musicologists to this day. Maybe some things are harder to say … 20 No. At first, upward diatonic series of sixteenth-notes are replaced by chromatic series, which has the effect of augmenting the intensity. DIES Irae, Dies Illa, Solvet Saeculum In Favilla, Teste David Cum Sibylla. He told Constanze "I am only too conscious... my end will not be long in coming: for sure, someone has poisoned me! The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Verdi's Requiem featuring conductor Ricardo Muti, Verdi's Requiem featuring conductor Arturo Toscanini, soprano Herva Nelli, mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri, tenor Giuseppe di Stefano, bass Cesare Siepi, Robert Shaw Chorale, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra (New York City, Carnegie Hall, 1951). An overtaking chromatic melody on Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam ("Make them, O Lord, cross over from death to life") finally carries the movement into the dominant of G minor, followed by a reprise of the Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eius fugue. Mozart's textual inspiration is again apparent in the Tuba mirum movement, which is introduced with a sequence of three notes in arpeggio, played in B♭ major by a solo tenor trombone, unaccompanied, in accordance with the usual German translation of the Latin tuba, Posaune (trombone). 38–92) and a recapitulation (mm. The Sanctus is the first movement written entirely by Süssmayr, and the only movement of the Requiem to have a key signature with sharps: D major, generally used for the entry of trumpets in the Baroque era. The Dies irae from Mozart's Requiem is performed by (chorus, four soloists, and orchestra); has a mostly (homophonic) texture; and consists of (eight) verses, each of which features different combinations of … The sequence employed in the Requiem, Dies irae, attributed to Thomas of Celano (c. 1200 – c. 1260–1270), has been called "the greatest of hymns", worthy of "supreme admiration". Here my Dies Irae from my little Requiem I'm writing. Day of wraththat dayEarth will be in ashes:As David and Sybil witness.How great the tremors will beWhen the judge comesTo examine everything strictly!Day of wraththat dayEarth will be in ashes:As David and Sybil witness.How great the tremors will beWhen the judge comesTo examine everything strictly!How great the tremors will beThat day is a day of wrathHow great the tremors will beThat day is a day of wrathHow great the tremors will beHow great the tremors will beWhen the judge comesTo examine everything strictly!To examine everything strictly!To examine everything strictly!Strictly!To examine everything strictly!To examine everything strictly!Strictly! Scored originally for SATB voices with an accompaniment of basset horns (alto clarinets), bassoons, trumpets, timpani, strings, and continuo, this new edition includes a It is quoting the Lutheran hymn Meine Seele erhebet den Herren. The words of "Dies irae" have often been set to music as part of the Requiem service. A completed version dated 1792 by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who commissioned the piece for a requiem service to commemorate the anniversary of his wife's death on 14 February. On the text Cum vix justus sit securus ("When only barely may the just one be secure"), there is a switch to a homophonic segment sung by the quartet at the same time, articulating, without accompaniment, the cum and vix on the "strong" (1st and 3rd), then on the "weak" (2nd and 4th) beats, with the violins and continuo responding each time; this "interruption" (which one may interpret as the interruption preceding the Last Judgment) is heard sotto voce, forte and then piano to bring the movement finally into a crescendo into a perfect cadence. In addition to the Süssmayr version, a number of alternative completions have been developed by musicologists in the 20th century. Despite the controversy over how much of the music is actually Mozart's, the commonly performed Süssmayr version has become widely accepted by the public. Then, after two measures, the sopranos begin a diatonic progression, in disjointed eighth-notes on the text resurget ("will be reborn"), then legato and chromatic on a powerful crescendo. [15] After Nissen's death in 1826, Constanze released the biography of Wolfgang (1828) that Nissen had compiled, which included this interview. This exposition concludes with four orchestral measures based on the counter-melody of the first theme (mm. Dies irae, Kyrie! It wasn't until a revival in the 1930s, that Verdi's Requiem became standard repertoire for professional choirs and theater companies. Süssmayr brings the choir to a reference of the Introit and ends on an Amen cadence. Also in 1798, Constanze is noted to have given another interview to Franz Xaver Niemetschek,[17] another biographer looking to publish a compendium of Mozart's life. It is Constanze's efforts that created the flurry of half-truths and myths almost instantly after Mozart's death. Mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna in 1791, 1956 Salzburg Festival performance (see above), 1956 Salzburg Festival performance (see above). Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year. 66–67. Dies Irae: Latin and English The opening words of the sequence proper to requiem Masses, whereby the hymn is known. The Requiem and its individual movements have been repeatedly arranged for various instruments. [15] The Rochlitz publication makes the following statements: The most highly disputed of these claims is the last one, the chronology of this setting. Dies Irae definition is - a medieval Latin hymn on the Day of Judgment sung in requiem masses. Franz Liszt's piano solo (c.1865) departs the most in terms of fidelity and character of the Requiem, through its inclusion of composition devices used to showcase pianistic technique. Walsegg probably intended to pass the Requiem off as his own composition, as he is known to have done with other works. The Benedictus is constructed on three types of phrases: the (A) theme, which is first presented by the orchestra and reprised from m. 4 by the alto and from m. 6 by the soprano. He shared the thought with his wife that he was writing this piece for his own funeral. 52–53), the first theme is heard again on the text Juste Judex and ends on a hemiola in mm. The eccentric count Franz von Walsegg commissioned the Requiem from Mozart anonymously through intermediaries. The same messenger appeared later, paying Mozart the sum requested plus a note promising a bonus at the work's completion. This movement consists of only 22 measures, but this short stretch is rich in variation: homophonic writing and contrapuntal choral passages alternate many times and finish on a quasi-unaccompanied choral cadence, landing on an open D chord (as seen previously in the Kyrie). Mentioned in the CD booklet of the Requiem recording by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2004). The Requiem begins with a seven-measure instrumental introduction, in which the woodwinds (first bassoons, then basset horns) present the principal theme of the work in imitative counterpoint. For example, at least three of the conflicting sources, all dated within two decades following Mozart's death, cite Constanze as their primary source of interview information. The first three measures of the altos and basses are shown below. This passage shows itself to be a bit demanding in the upper voices, particularly for the soprano voice. This carries the movement to a new Mozartian cadence in mm. There is, however, compelling evidence placing the Amen Fugue in the Requiem[22] based on current Mozart scholarship. The only place where the word 'Amen' occurs in anything that Mozart wrote in late 1791 is in the sequence of the Requiem. Dies Irae from Requiem. Here my Dies Irae from my little Requiem I'm writing. The word benedictus is held, which stands in opposition with the (B) phrase, which is first seen at m. 10, also on the word benedictus but with a quick and chopped-up rhythm. This material is repeated with harmonic development before the texture suddenly drops to a trembling unison figure with more tremolo strings evocatively painting the "Quantus tremor" text. In paradisum deducant te Angeli: in tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. Mozart received only half of the payment in advance, so upon his death his widow Constanze was keen to have the work completed secretly by someone else, submit it to the count as having been completed by Mozart and collect the final payment. English traduction: Day of wrath, that day in wich the centuries are reduced to ashes; as witnesses King David and the Sibyl! At 130 measures, the Recordare is the work's longest movement, as well as the first in triple meter (34); the movement is a setting of no fewer than seven stanzas of the Dies irae. Occasionally, some of the prominent orchestral parts were briefly indicated, such as the first violin part of the Rex tremendae and Confutatis, the musical bridges in the Recordare, and the trombone solos of the Tuba Mirum. This piece was composed in 1791 while Mozart was, unfortunately, on his death bed. However, he was unable to complete it so it was then passed on to his assistant and later finished by this man. There are many great recordings of Verdi's Requiem available today. The final composition of Mozart, The Requiem mass in D Minor, containing “Dies Irae,” is known to be one of his most powerful and commended works. The "Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath) is the most common form of Sequence used in the Missa Pro Defunctis. The chords play off syncopated and staggered structures in the accompaniment, thus underlining the solemn and steady nature of the music. The Agnus Dei is suspected by some scholars[8] to have been based on instruction or sketches from Mozart because of its similarity to a section from the Gloria of a previous mass (Sparrow Mass, K. 220) by Mozart,[9] as was first pointed out by Richard Maunder. The Benedictus, a quartet, adopts the key of the submediant, B♭ major (which can also be considered the relative of the subdominant of the key of D minor). The Dies Irae is typically used as the sequence section of the mass. Some people[who?] Nevertheless, Mozart continued his work on the Requiem, and even on the last day of his life, he was explaining to his assistant how he intended to finish the Requiem. By using LiveAbout, you accept our, "Ritorna vincitor" Lyrics and Text Translation, Song to the Moon Lyrics and Text Translation, "In Uomini, in Soldati" Lyrics and Text Translation, "Donde Lieta Usci" Lyrics and Text Translation, "Quando Men Vo" Lyrics and Text Translation, "O Patria Mia" Lyrics and Text Translation, "Lascia ch'io pianga" Lyrics and Text Translation, "Credo in un Dio crudel" Lyrics and Text Translation, “Qui la voce sua soave” Lyrics and Text Translation, "Non più andrai" Lyrics and Text Translation, "Il Dolce Suono" Lyrics and Text Translation, "Pleurez! In contrast, Carl Czerny wrote his piano transcription for two players, enabling him to retain the extent of the score, if sacrificing timbral character. This name by which the sequence in requiem Masses is commonly known. 1:53. Other composers may have helped Süssmayr. During this phase of the Requiem's history, it was still important that the public accept that Mozart wrote the whole piece, as it would fetch larger sums from publishers and the public if it were completely by Mozart.[13]. This work likely influenced the composition of Mozart's Requiem; the Kyrie is based on the "And with His stripes we are healed" chorus from Handel's Messiah, since the subject of the fugato is the same with only slight variations by adding ornaments on melismata. First, the principal subject is the main theme of the Requiem (stated at the beginning, and throughout the work) in strict inversion. 5 (1837) “If I were threatened with the destruction of all … [18] However, the same four-note theme is also found in the finale of Haydn's String Quartet in F minor (Op. The various complete and incomplete manuscripts eventually turned up in the 19th century, but many of the figures involved left ambiguous statements on record as to how they were involved in the affair. Writer: 日日日 (Akira) 660px. He took a break from writing the work to visit the. Quantus tremor est futurus, quando iudex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus! This theme is modeled after Handel's The ways of Zion do mourn, HWV 264. The count, an amateur chamber musician who routinely commissioned works by composers and passed them off as his own,[5][6] wanted a Requiem Mass he could claim he composed to memorialize the recent passing of his wife. Antiphona: In paradisum. A soprano solo is sung to the Te decet hymnus text in the tonus peregrinus. The initial structure reproduces itself with the first theme on the text Preces meae and then in m. 99 on Sed tu bonus. Mozart received the commission very shortly before the Coronation of Emperor Leopold II and before he received the commission to go to Prague. Dies irae」 を聴こう！ His health was poor from the outset; he fainted multiple times while working. Two choral fugues follow, on ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum ("may Tartarus not absorb them, nor may they fall into darkness") and Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eius ("What once to Abraham you promised and to his seed"). View the Product: Dies Irae - from Requiem, Series: Boosey & Hawkes Orchestra, Medium/Format: Softcover, Voicing: Score & Parts, Contributors: Karl JenkinsPaul Lavender A completed version dated 1792 by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who commissioned the piece for a requiem service to commemorate the anniversary of his wife's death on 14 February. With multiple levels of deception surrounding the Requiem's completion, a natural outcome is the mythologizing which subsequently occurred. The development of these two themes begins in m. 38 on Quaerens me; the second theme is not recognizable except by the structure of its accompaniment. The Hostias opens in E♭ major in 34, with fluid vocals. The movement concludes homophonically in G major. Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae, dies magna et amara valde. The day of wrath, that dayWill dissolve the world in ashesAs foretold by David and the Sibyl!How great the tremors there will be,when the judge comes,investigating everything strictly! The first movement of the Offertorium, the Domine Jesu, begins on a piano theme consisting of an ascending progression on a G minor triad. 93–98). This theme will later be varied in various keys, before returning to G minor when the four soloists enter a canon on Sed signifer sanctus Michael, switching between minor (in ascent) and major (in descent). The task was then given to another composer, Franz Xaver Süssmayr. 34–37). The choir then adopts the dotted rhythm of the orchestra, forming what Wolff calls baroque music's form of "topos of the homage to the sovereign",[1] or, more simply put, that this musical style is a standard form of salute to royalty, or, in this case, divinity. Download the book, "Dies Irae" Format: Octavo SATB Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The rest of the movement consists of variations on this writing. [15] There was no time for Mozart to work on the Requiem on the large scale indicated by the Rochlitz publication in the time frame provided. He was not bound to any date of completion of the work. “Dies Irae” from Mozart's Requiem in D Minor, K 626; from a 1953 recording by the Chamber Chorus of the Vienna Academy of Music conducted by Hermann Scherchen. About 'Dies Irae - Requiem in D Minor K. 626 ' Artist: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (sheet music) Born: January 27, 1756 , December 5, 1791 Died: Salzburg , Vienna The Artist: A child prodigy, Mozart wrote his first symphony when he was eight years old and his first opera at 12. The messenger took the unfinished Requiem soon after Mozart's death. Some have noted that Michael Haydn's Introitus sounds rather similar to Mozart's, and the theme for Mozart's "Quam olim Abrahae" fugue is a direct quote of the theme from Haydn's Offertorium and Versus. He started composing the work upon his return from Prague. After the great composer Gioachino Rossini died in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi had the brilliant idea to piece together a requiem mass composed by a handful of Italy's best composers. After a succinct glorification of the Lord follows a short fugue in 34 on Hosanna in excelsis ("Glory [to God] in the highest"), noted for its syncopated rhythm, and for its motivic similarity to the Quam olim Abrahae fugue. Latin text: Dies iræ, dies illa, Solvet sæclum in favilla, Teste David cum Sibylla! However, nine days before the premiere was set to be performed, conductor Angelo Mariani and the organizing committee abandoned the project completely. Requiem da, Domine! Karl Klindworth's piano solo (c.1900), Muzio Clementi's organ solo, and Renaud de Vilbac's harmonium solo (c.1875) are liberal in their approach to achieve this. LINE MUSICで Ton Koopman 「Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. His symptoms worsened, and he began to complain about the painful swelling of his body and high fever. 1:55. The accompaniment then ceases alongside the male voices, and the female voices enter softly and sotto voce, singing Voca me cum benedictis ("Call upon me with the blessed") with an arpeggiated accompaniment in strings. Another influence was Michael Haydn's Requiem in C minor which he and his father were viola and violin players respectively at the first three performances in January 1772. Hector Berlioz: Grand Messe des Morts, Op. The completed score, initially by Mozart but largely finished by Süssmayr, was then dispatched to Count Walsegg complete with a counterfeited signature of Mozart and dated 1792. Less than a year later, Verdi's Requiem was completed and performed on the anniversary of Manzoni's death, May 22, 1874. Others have pointed out that at the beginning of the Agnus Dei, the choral bass quotes the main theme from the Introitus. Mozart seems to have lived before Verdi, yet wikipedia says "The "Dies Irae" was used in the Roman liturgy as the sequence for the Requiem Mass for centuries". 1-3 and K. 405 Nos. Moreover it must be said by the celebrant and sung by the choir at all High Masses of requiem, nor may any of the 19 stanzas be omitted. Series: Choral Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. The autograph of the Requiem was placed on display at the World's Fair in 1958 in Brussels. in Bach's cantata Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10 but also in Michael Haydn's Requiem. Verdi's Requiem was a success in various theaters throughout Europe, but it failed to gain traction or momentum as the work began to be less and less performed. The cries of the damned begin this powerful 2nd movement from the Mozart Requiem. At m. 46, it is the first theme that is developed beginning from Tantus labor and concludes with two measures of hemiola at mm. The collaboration was titled Messa per Rossini and was set to be performed on the first anniversary of Rossini's death, November 13, 1869. The Dies Irae has been used in the Roman liturgy as the sequence for the Requiem Massfor centuries, as evidenced by the important place it holds in musical settings such as those by Mozart and Verdi. Lyrics and Text Translation, Pie Jesu Lyrics, English Text Translation, and History, 'Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio' Lyrics and Text Translation, B.A., Classical Music and Opera, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Verdi's Requiem featuring conductor Claudio Abbado, soprano. In the following table, ensembles playing on period instruments in historically informed performance are marked by a green background under the header Instr.. Another controversy is the suggestion (originating from a letter written by Constanze) that Mozart left explicit instructions for the completion of the Requiem on "a few scraps of paper with music on them... found on Mozart's desk after his death. Homophony dominates the Agnus Dei. Constanze had a difficult task in front of her: she had to keep secret the fact that the Requiem was unfinished at Mozart's death, so she could collect the final payment from the commission. The Sanctus's ending on a D major cadence necessitates a mediant jump to this new key. Second, it is found on the same page as a sketch for the Rex tremendae (together with a sketch for the overture of his last opera The Magic Flute), and thus surely dates from late 1791. They are the opening words of the first verse: Dies iræ, dies illa.The rubrics of the Roman Missal prescribe the recitation of the sequence by the celebrant on the following occasions: (1) in the Mass of All Souls' Day (In commemoratione Omnium Fidelium Defunctorum); (2) in funeral Masses (In die obitus seu … Download the book, "Dies Irae" At m. 23, phrase (A) is reprised on a F pedal and introduces a recapitulation of the primary theme from the bass and tenor from mm. The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi.It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired.The first performance, at the San Marco church in Milan on 22 May 1874, marked the first anniversary of Manzoni's death. 5) and in the first measure of the A minor fugue from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 (BWV 889b) as part of the subject of Bach's fugue,[19] and it is thought that Mozart transcribed some of the fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier for string ensemble (K. 404a Nos. Though it would be impossible to list them all, here are a handful of recordings that are exceptionally highly rated: Dies iraedies illaSolvet saeclum in favilla:Teste David cum Sybilla.Quantus tremor est futurusQuando judex est venturusCuncta stricte discussurus!Dies iraedies illaSolvet saeclum in favilla:Teste David cum SybillaQuantus tremor est futurusQuatdo judex est venturusCuncta stricte discussurus!Quantus tremor est futurusDies irae, dies illaQuantus tremor est futurusDies irae, dies illaQuantus tremor est futurusQuantus tremor est futurusQuando judex est venturusCuncta stricte discussurusCuncta stricteCuncta stricteStricte discussurusCuncta stricteCuncta stricteStricte discussurus! The phrase develops and rebounds at m. 15 with a broken cadence. This spectacular descent from the opening key is repeated, now modulating to the key of F major. The chords begin piano on a rocking rhythm in 128, intercut with quarter rests, which will be reprised by the choir after two measures, on Lacrymosa dies illa ("This tearful day"). Finally, in the following stanza (Oro supplex et acclinis), there is a striking modulation from A minor to A♭ minor. He began the project immediately after receiving the commission. The final measures of the movement recede to simple orchestral descending contrapuntal scales. In its original form, it’s a four-note melody describing Judgment Day, the Christian day when humanity will come before God to receive judgment. Third, as Levin points out in the foreword to his completion of the Requiem, the addition of the Amen Fugue at the end of the sequence results in an overall design that ends each large section with a fugue. After the great composer Gioachino Rossini died in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi had the brilliant idea to piece together a requiem mass composed by a handful of Italy's best composers. Verdi himself conducted the mass, and singers whom Verdi worked with in his previous operas filled the soloist roles. In some settings, it is broken up into several movements; in such cases, "Dies irae" refers only to the first of these movements, the others being titled according to their respective incipits. This piece was composed in 1791 while Mozart was, unfortunately, on his death bed. Dies irae, (Latin: “Day of Wrath”), the opening words of a Latin hymn on the Last Judgment, ascribed to Thomas of Celano (d. c. 1256) and once forming part of the office for the dead and requiem mass. The introduction is followed by the vocal soloists; their first theme is sung by the alto and bass (from m. 14), followed by the soprano and tenor (from m. 20). 47 to 49 and concludes on phrase (C), which reintroduces the Hosanna fugue from the Sanctus movement, in the new key of the Benedictus. The following table shows for the eight sections in Süssmayr's completion with their subdivisions: the title, vocal parts (solo soprano (S), alto (A), tenor (T) and bass (B) [in bold] and four-part choir SATB), tempo, key, and meter. Requiem/Dies irae - 10 < Requiem. Aaron M. Green is an expert on classical music and music history, with more than 10 years of both solo and ensemble performance experience. Source materials written soon after Mozart's death contain serious discrepancies, which leave a level of subjectivity when assembling the "facts" about Mozart's composition of the Requiem. Browse more videos. The collaboration was titled Messa per Rossini and was set to be performed on the first anniversary of Rossini's death, November 13, 1869. The words "Quam olim da capo" are likely to have been the last Mozart wrote; this portion of the manuscript has been missing since it was stolen at 1958 World's Fair in Brussels by a person whose identity remains unknown. According to Rochlitz, the messenger arrives quite some time before the departure of Leopold for the coronation, yet there is a record of his departure occurring in mid-July 1791. Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Requiem, Dies Irae by Verdi, Giuseppe arranged by K_Peter for Trumpet (In B Flat) (Mixed Quartet) The trombones then announce the entry of the choir, which breaks into the theme, with the basses alone for the first measure, followed by imitation by the other parts. I know some of … Written by Thomas of Celano in the 1300s, it was rendered into a chant setting, and eventually became an integrated part of the Requiem Mass. LiveAbout uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. The choir continues, repeating the psalmtone. The Dies Irae is a latin hymn that tells about the soul receiving God’s judgement to go to Heaven. The recapitulation intervenes in m. 93. watch 02:57. Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year. Verdi composed his 'Requiem' in 1874 in memory of the famous poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni. For a surprising effect, the Rex syllables of the choir fall on the second beats of the measures, even though this is the "weak" beat. Accompanied by the basso continuo, the male choristers burst into a forte vision of the infernal, on a dotted rhythm. Doğukan ÖztürkViii℗ Öztürk RecordsReleased on: 2020-12-23Auto-generated by YouTube. The Confutatis begins with a rhythmic and dynamic sequence of strong contrasts and surprising harmonic turns. believe that the Introitus was inspired by Handel's Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264. One series of myths surrounding the Requiem involves the role Antonio Salieri played in the commissioning and completion of the Requiem (and in Mozart's death generally). 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