What are Mozart’s Dates?
What is his Nationality?
1756–1791
Austrian
To which era does Mozart belong
Classical
What is a Requiem?
A mass for the dead.
When was the first complete performance of this work was likely to have taken place?
1793
Which earlier composer influenced the style of music in the requiem.
Give a reason for your choice.
Bach
The imitative {contrapuntal} style is very like that of Bach
Who commissioned Mozart’s Requiem?
Count Walsegg
Who is alleged to have completed the Requiem after Mozart’s Requiem after he died?
Franz Sussmayer
Name the two unusual woodwind instruments found in the Requiem? What is unique about this instrument?
The Bassett Horn – a type of Clarinet

It is pitched in F so the parts are written a 5th higher than sounding (i.e. A written 2nd line G on the treble clef sounds a Middle C

What is the key of Mozart’s Requiem?
D minor
What is the instrumentation of the Requiem?
Bassett Horns,
Bassoons (Faggotti)
Trumpets
Trombones
Timpani
Violings 1 and 2,
Violas
SATB Choir
Cellos/DOuble Basses with Organ (basso continuo – like idea)