It was commissioned in the summer of 1791 by Count Franz Walsegg- Stuppach, who wanted it to remember his wife by.
It was commissioned in the summer of 1791 by Count Franz Walsegg- Stuppach, who wanted it to remember his wife by. He first conducted it, and it was known as his piece for almost thirty years. The composer died shorty after undertaking the task, so Franz Sussmayr, an earlier pupil, had to complete most of the work. Written in the solemn key of Dminor, some of the more famous components are Dies irae, Confutatus and Lacrimosa. FTP, name the composer and the famous work.
It was commissioned in the summer of 1791 by Count Franz Walsegg- Stuppach, who wanted it to remember his wife by.
{Mozart's Requiem}