Composer |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Xaver Süssmayr |
|---|---|
Key |
g minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Length |
78 measures |
Latin text |
|---|
Domine Jesu Christe! Rex gloriae! |
Libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum |
de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu! |
Libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas Tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum: |
sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam, |
quam olim Abrahae promisisti, et semini ejus. |
For a detailed discussion of the dating of this work, which was completed before Mozart’s death in 1791 but dated 1792 on the manuscript, see the foreword to NMA I/1, section 2/1. The first system of this movement reproduces four empty staves that appear in the autograph score, intended for winds but never marked. The string parts are incomplete. (NMA,I/1, section 2/1, foreword)
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