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university dictionary of music and musicians, 1912
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1work on this opera when a mysterious stranger called upon him to engage a requiem. The Estates of Bohemia invited him to compose an opera for the coronation of Leopold II at Prague, and accordingly Mozart produced "La Clemenza di Tito," but the unfavourable reception of his work by the court circles was a grave disappointment, and he hurried back to Vienna to resume work on the "Magic Flute." This work was produced Sept. 30, 1791. The audience, at first cold, grew more appreciative as the work progressed, and eventually it became one of the most popular of Mozart's operas. Ill, depressed, and overworked, Mozart again turned to the requiem. He fancied that he was being poisoned, and that it was really his own requiem he was composing. The score was taken away from him, and he recovered sufficiently to compose a cantata, 623, for his Masonic Lodge, and to conduct it himself, but was again compelled to take to his bed. The requiem, which had really been ordered by Count Walsegg, through Leutgeb, his steward, and which was performed as Walsegg's own, engrossed Mozart's thoughts. He called for the score on Dec. 4, sang part of it with some friends, and scored a few bars of the Lacrimosa. Later he gave his pupil Sussmayer some directions regarding its performance, and about 1 A.M., Dec. 5, he died. During his last illness, which was described as a malignant typhus, a group of Hungarian nobles had organized to guarantee him a fixed income, and in Amsterdam a subscription was formed for the purchase of his compositions, which were to be the property of the subscribers. On Dec. 6 funeral services were held in front of St. Stephen's, that being the custom with the very poor. A violent rainstorm drove back the few mourners who might otherwise have witnessed the interment, which took place in St. Marx Churchyard. Dec. 5, 1869, the municipality of Vienna caused a monument to be unveiled on the probable site of the composer's grave. B. Jan. 27, 1756, Salzburg; d. Dec. 5, 1791, Vienna. See biographies by Jahn, Eng. trans. by Pauline Townsend; Holmes, Fuchs, Marx, Lorenz, Rochlitz, André, G. Weber, G. N. von Nissen, and Mozart's letters, Eng. trans. Dr. von Köchel prepared a thematic catalogue, revised and brought down to 1905 by Count Waldersee, and published, as well as a complete edition of Mozart's works, by Breitkopf & Härtel. The compositions referred to in the body of the above article are numbered as in the Köchel Catalogue. The complete list of Mozart's works follows: Masses: 49, Missa brevis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, Viola, Bass, and Organ. G. major. 65, Missa brevis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, Bass, and Organ. D minor. 66, Missa for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, Viola, 2 Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ. C major. 139, Missa for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Hautboys, 3 Trombones, 4 Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ. C minor. 167, Missa in honorem SSmae Trinitatis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Hautboys, 4 Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ. C major. 192, Missa brevis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, Bass, and Organ. F major. 194, Missa brevis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, Bass, and Organ. D major. 220, Missa brevis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ. C major. 257, Missa longa for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Hautboys, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ. C major (Credo-Mass). 258, Missa brevis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ. C major (Sparrow-Mass). 259, Missa brevis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ. C major. 262, Missa for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Hautboys, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, Bass, and Organ. C major. 275, Missa brevis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, Bass, and Organ. B flat major. 317, Missa for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Hautboys, 2 Bassoons, 3 Trombones, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ. C major (Coronation Mass). 337, Missa solennis for 4 Voices, 2 Violins, 2 Hautboys, 2 Bassoons, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Kettle-drums, Bass, and Organ.
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