The story behind Mozart's Requiem
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- Mozart's Requiem, one of the most popular pieces in the classical music repertoire, was unfinished at the time of his death. The #lacrimosa in particular contains the last notes that #mozart ever set on paper.
Swafford, Jan. “Et Lux Perpetua Luceat Eis; Epilogue.” Mozart: The Reign of Love, Harper, New York, 2020, pp. 711-740.
www.salieri-online.com/mozreq/...
#requiem #classicalmusic #orchestra #musichistory
He just embodied the “play this at my funeral” energy too much
now every trad catholic plays this at their funeral
@@beardown851
And soon the goths.
Alongside some more modern compositions, of course.
Lmao I have a 2000 video playlist called that
Makes me wonder what bar he stopped at I think mozart stopped after the lacrimosa
According to Jan Swafford’s biography, he wrote the first 8 measures. I’m not sure the first manuscript page I included in this short was it though-I’m counting a bit more than 8 measures.
@@secondchairmusic I wish we had the the rest of the manuscript and mozarts pupils handwriting to compare with mozarts.
@@masonjoesph8769 I only did a very superficial search for the manuscript of the lacrimosa-I might have to try again. That would be interesting to see!
Btw, the last manuscript page I included in this short contained both Mozart’s and Süssmayr’s handwriting…I had to cut some of it off (the bottom staff is Mozart’s). Süssmayr did a pretty good job of imitating his hand! Also, in case you didn’t know, there was a second student who also worked on it (whose name escapes me rn); his handwriting is the top stave. I can’t imagine the pressure those students were under…apparently, Mozart himself didn’t think Süssmayr was particularly talented. I wonder why he entrusted him with such a heavy task? 🤔 maybe because they were personal buddies…who knows…
I think its worth saying that, despite common thought, the Lacrimosa is not the last movement Mozart composed for the Requiem: "Hostias et Preces" is the actual last movement he sketched down; his last words penned "Quam Olim da Capo"- meaning to repeat the fugue at the end of the Domine Jesu Christe.
Mozart probably stopped at the Lacrimosa and went to the next movements because he was looking to have as much of the whole work structurally complete before refining individual movements.
@@secondchairmusic probably Mozart quoted to Sussmeyr how would be the parts he didn't write in paper.
What a great finishing job by Franz Sussmayr!
I know! It's a little weird how Mozart himself thought that Süssmayr wasn't really all that talented...I guess he was wrong!
Thats SUSsmayr that we don't know what part he did and didn't write
@@IsaacAndestein 😂
@@IsaacAndesteinWe do, actually. It's just that the parts he did complete are not as developed as the Mozartean parts.
@@IsaacAndesteinDundundundun....
Mozart's early death is one of the great tragedies. Imagine the works he would've went on to compose
And Schubert.
Talk about Tchaikovsky too ... he was just 53. Older than the average age at the time yes, but he could've reached the age of 70 or so. Giving us more joy with his symphony's and ballets etc.
@@victorsamsung2921Tchaikovsky killed him self because he was discovered to be gay
I CAN'T. I'm not that smart. But it would have been " Beyond Compare." As the Collector said to Rocket.
Yeap….i also feel the same way about Edgar Allen Poe…😢
The sad thing is up to now, we have not known where Mozart was buried.
Who cares? What's a grave or some bones gonna do?
@@johnnhoj15 Archeologists and musical historians care. Once the physical remains of Mozart are discovered, they can know more about the reason of his declining death and death. Do you know by researching the physical remains of Beethoven, scientists have a conclusion that the German composer might use a large amount of mercury, so his hearing ability could be affected?
@@hoangkimviet8545 Xin Chao a hole! Once again... What difference would that make? He's still been gone for over 2 hundred years.
@@johnnhoj15 Well, probably you think the work of some scientists is useless. I feel sorry if it is true.
@@hoangkimviet8545 Some work is definitely useless. Not just in science either. I feel sorry for you because you don't realize that.
The requiem also contains one of the only pieces Mozart wrote with a solo for trombone (with vocalists), from a section of the third movement entitled "Tuba mirum." Also interesting because the word "Tuba" in this title can be translated 3 different ways.
Obviously we now know of the tuba as a specific low-brass instrument, but in Latin, a "Tuba" was a kind of trumpet that was longer than a meter. However, in Mozart's time in the German lands, the word "Tuba" came to mean the trombone.
Very interesting information!
You're leaving out the actual translation, which is just "voice". As in the actual dies irae poem😅
@@jaskamattila4481 Tuba means trumpet. Voice is vox. The sentence in which the word tuba is found is "tuba, mirum spargens sonum", which translates to "the trumpet, spreading wondrous sound". Sonur is sound; spargere is spread; mirum is strange, and tuba is trumpet. The poem is referencing the seven trumpets of the Apocalypse in Revelation.
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ft sussmayr what a hit !
Best music ever. I never get sick of listening to Mozarts Requiem! It is the theme of eternity itself.
I suppose , in the final analysis , Mozart was working on his own requiem
100%
My favorite mozart's (and his widow's) piece
I did not know that this had an interesting backstory
It’s pretty creepy that his last piece would be a requiem, huh?
@@secondchairmusic a creepy coincidence indeed
Makes me think of Salieri helping him in Amadeus at the end. Obviously historical fiction but still a great scene writing lacrimosa.
Yeah, they essentially replaced Süssmayr with Salieri. Makes for a better story!
@@secondchairmusic and the commissioning by von Walsegg instead of Salieri. Which is funny because they actually had a decent cordial relationship. Mozart going as far as inviting Salieri to a playing of Magic Flute.
That was more so towards the end of Mozart's life. It took many years for Salieri to come around. In some instances, he was kind of a hater. LOL. But so were many of the other older, more established composers in Vienna who kinda felt threatened by Mozart's presence. Like, "Who the hell does this young guy think he is?!" 😆
Writing "Confutatis", not "Lacrimosa".
@@jordanfrielingsdorf4761 By the way, unlike what the film “Amadeus” performed, Mozart really completed the premiere of “Die Zauberflote”. Writing “Requiem” was the story of several months later.
Wow, I love this video that explains classical music history in a very succinct way. Thank you for making this.
The other part of the story (not sure if it’s true or just a legend) is that count von walsegg intended to pass off the requiem as his own composition
Yep!!! That’s right! 😈😈
It's still a lovely piece of music.
What an out of this world masterpiece would we have now if he finished his requiem? But it's in some way beautiful that we have these parts like lacrimosa that are divine and we have this open window to imagine this work so perfect it couldn't even exist because this world can't handle that level of beauty and deepness. He left us with this hint of a dreamlike unconcievable beauty that can be as fashinating as an existing thing
I seen the movie. It was Antonio Salieri. Lol
the movie was an interpretation, I prefer the movie's story but obviously it's dramatized
historical fantasy
In my opinion his best work by a very long shot, and basically the reason I listen to him lol. What's better than a masterpiece? Numerous masterpieces combined.
For me, it’s this work, and his Jupiter Symphony.
Don't forget his wonderful operas.
Indeed!
I live to receive instructions from my mentor m when they are alive.
I do think it’s reasonable to consider this his best work, but I wouldn’t forget his best piano concertos, symphonies, and operas
Never knew about Franz! Very glad he finished it first him.
Nobody will every truly know. Some say he was slowly being poisoned, which is believable, but also what to be gained by it? They also say he outlined much of the Requiem while alive, if not the while thing, just leaving the minor details unfinished so largely it would have been his work as a whole. Much like framing and building an entire house with instructions left of what tile, carpet, paint and materials to be used dictated to the finishing crew. By and large, Mozart designed and built the house, just not the details.
Yep, that sounds just about right. Also, it makes the most sense considering that Mozart didn't think much of Süssmayr's skills. 😬
nah bruh that anonymous commission wasn't from some von geezer that was the GRIM REAPER HIMSELF
Grim Reaper is the final boss of Von Geezers.
i ‘ m signing this in my choir ! it ‘ s so fun to learn abt :]
This is Movie worthy , as deep as the manuscripts it illustrated ❤
there alrady was a movie, but it had a diff plot
@@chocomuchofanplz tell the movie name
@@philostewardAmadeus. It's a fantastic film, besides its inaccuracies.
I saw the movie and I was in the play.
Years ago. I learned a lot at the time, bu I don't remember much. It was quite quite amazing.
“If Mozart did not write the music, then the man who wrote it was a Mozart.”
- L.V. Beethoven
But, what about... Salieri?!
cool story.
This is actually the first video of how I found this awesome youtube channel
Amazing and tragic story of this genius composer.
Sussmayer just added "Amen" in the end, and it's finished!
My son plays just like Mozart! He even creates his own songs!!!
in 1985 Austrian rock singer Falco records
Rock Me Amadeus
Imagine if Lacrimosa had been finished
The backround music ☠
True story: Constanze is my cousin.
Hello!
About halfway through this video, the score to the Lacrimosa is shown. I can actually read Mozart hand script. It is not as ‘Chicken Scratch’ as anyone might suspect it would be. By the way, the tempo is an eighth note equals 120 bpm. Also, Mozart did not compose past the eighth measure of the Lacrimosa.
Süssmayr was not Mozart's student, despite the early biographies saying so and Süssmayr not disputing it, modern scholarly consensus is that he was more like a copyist and acquaintance of Mozart who had worked alongside him in the Magic Flute and La Clemenza di Tito (cf. Christopher Wolff's book).
I wonder what it would be if he did completed his last work.
We will not see another composer like him not even in future.
I’ve been making music for eternity #WolfGangWorldWide🎉
Entendu dire,que son élève n'a pas pu le terminer,car il n'avait pas le niveau pour cela.
It’s true that Mozart didn’t think much of Süssmayr’s talent, but if I’m not mistaken, he actually did finish it at Constanze’s request. Also, there was a second student who helped for a while, but he eventually quit.
I read that Count Walsegg's plot actually sort of worked, and he was complemented for such a moving tribute piece...but I think it only lasted for about a year, and then, as always, the truth came out and Walsegg was called out for being the fraud he was
How can I hear this and what’s its name please?
The background music is the Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem.
One of the best songs ever written.
Funeral piece
@@victorvillatoro7241could see why its song due to choir, but I think its more of a piece
@@abrahamjh5742semantics.
احببت ان هناك ترجمه للغه العربيه كنت اعاني مع الترجمه شكرا جزيلا🙏🏻
أووو ، أنا سعيد لأنها ساعدتك! كنت أتساءل عما إذا كنت تريد تضمين ترجمات مصاحبة لجميع هذه اللغات أم لا ، ولكن التعليقات مثل تعليقاتك هي التي تجعلني سعيدًا لأنني فعلت ذلك!
Well, this is an over simplified explanation of how things happened. Before Constanza asked Süssmayer, she asked two other composers and friends of Mozart to complete the work, being the first of them Joseph Eybler. Eybler worked in completing the orchestration of the first part of the Requiem but, when reached the part where he needed to start to compose new material, he returned the score to Constanza. Süssmayer was a last resource, given his very limited skills as a composer.
"Requiem"
Mozart's fans: 🙂
Geometry dash fans: 💀
We all know that money came from Salieri 😅
Plot twist: the guy who commissioned it was trying to kill Mozart unknowingly
open source music
WAIT…how do you know what ultimately killed Mozart? Historians themselves struggle to understand and then, someone with a TH-cam account suddenly KNOWS what no one else does?
It is likely that Mozart drank and partied his health away, like in the film Amadeus.
Kore ga….requiem…..DA
...nani?
i watched amadeus and i thought that it was salieri who commisioned the requiem
Pure fiction. 😆 It was actually a nobleman who commissioned it. I didn't mention this, but the Count who commissioned it actually intended to pass it off as his own work! Sneaky, sneaky...
er....thats a movie. Not real life.
@@fiachramaccana280 this comment was 2 months ago and i now know that the movie was highly fictional
@@sirtron7259still a wonderful movie
Sorry, what is the evidence of overwork deteriorating his health? I've also heard a hypothesis of trichinosis, which, if true, would be entirely unrelated.
That is completely speculative. It is not even known exactly what Mozart died of. Whether it had anything to do with the fact that he was overworked is not known.
I thought it was Salieri who forced him to write the Requiem?
I believe that was just a Hollywood invention 😂😂 Makes for a good story tho!
Makes for good story in Amadeus but nah, it wasn't Salieri
@@secondchairmusic Stage Play*. Hollywood didn't touch the story until nearly 5 years afters its stage play release. And even that was an adaptation from a play called Mozart and Salieri by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov... and further yet, Nikolai actually based that work off of an 1830 play of the same name by a different Russian author named Alexander Pushkin.
I’ve taken classes on Mozart and never knew he was a married man wtf
I always thought he was a single dude
Yeah, he was a family man! They had a very happy marriage, too!
It wad saleairi
Even if it is the mix of Mozart and Sussmeyr, it's still an excellent work that must be respected.
noot noot 🐧
Wow his face is red
I don’t remember this from Amadeus lol
Amadeus is a 80 percent about him and poisoned by alcohol.
What are people saying here💀
Receiving instruction while still alive... You talk like he knew a necromancer. :D
According to the bible Mozart as well as Beethoven will be resurrected.
" There will be resurrection of good and bad" Acts 24:15
I thought he got poisoned
That’s one unproven theory among many!
I have a theory about this. The poison was called "aqua toffana" (I believe) and he casually jested that he was being poisoned at the onset of his final illness. Kidney failure it is speculated. He said it to Salieri or Salieri heard this as a joke. Decades later when Salieri went mad he stated he had poisoned Mozart. The whole Amadeus fiction started with the real life rant proclamation from Salieri "I poisoned Mozart". Ironically, Salieri had zero motive to kill Mozart and if tables were turned where Mozart tried to poison Salieri it would be logical and make sense. Mozart would have a motive - Salieri would not.
count von ballsack
😅😅
Such irony
Lies! Lies! Lies! He was slowly being poisoned , and he was writing his own funeral requiem. It was a conspiracy , saliere, student, wife...
Those are myths perpetuated by so-called music "historians". I'm sure the notion of him writing his own requiem makes for a great story, but it's false.
The problem is so far, we have not known where exactly Mozart was buried. If we knew it, everything could be more transparent. Another problem is the diagnosis accounts related to Mozart. Very few to give answers to us!
Just follow the natural human penchant for greed....
@@secondchairmusicI’m kinda late but didn’t Mozart say near the end of his life writing the requiem that he had feared he’d been writing a requiem for himself then who it was intended for?
After watching Amadeus, the piece hits very differently now...such a well-executed movie, a legendary performance.