Composer |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Xaver Süssmayr |
|---|---|
Key |
F major |
Meter |
3/4 |
Length |
130 measures |
Latin text |
|---|
Recordare Jesu pie, |
quod sum causa tuae viae, |
ne me perdas illa die. |
Quaerens me sedisti lassus, |
redemisti crucem passus; |
tantus labor non sit cassus. |
Juste judex ultionis, |
donum fac remissionis |
ante diem rationis. |
Ingemisco tanquam reus, |
culpa rubet vultus meus; |
supplicanti parce Deus. |
Qui Mariam absolvisti, |
et latronem exaudisti, |
mihi quoque spem dedisti. |
Preces meae non sum dignae, |
sed tu, bonus, fac benigne, |
ne perenni cremer igne. |
Inter oves locum praesta, |
et ab hoedis me sequestra, |
statuens in parte dextra. |
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 two empty staves that appear in the autograph score, intended possibly for bassoon but never marked. The string parts are incomplete. (NMA,I/1, section 2/1, foreword)
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