Oct. 25—In 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna. He was just weeks shy of his 36th birthday. The famed composer never finished his last commission — his "Requiem," his famous Mass for ...

Isaacson, 42, set herself the task Mozart’s student had centuries before – to finish his “Requiem” – but she wanted to reimagine his historic work for people in the 21st century.

Once a refuge for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Napoleon Bonaparte, and many other historical figures, this 900-year-old castle in Gloggnitz, Austria, is headed to auction. The estate, known as Schloss ...

The 900-Year-Old Austrian Castle Where Mozart Composed His Final Work Is Headed to Auction The 50-room fortress, known as Schloss Stuppach, features a dungeon, a “Requiem” chapel, a movie ...

Mozart’s setting, like his Requiem, was composed in the final year of his life and is a breathtaking five-minute work that elevates the Latin chant to a divine status.

Mozart composed his first work three days before turning 5 and wrote his last notes as he lay dying only 30 years later. In all, he wrote at least 626 works, including some of the most beautiful ...

The Chorale, under the direction of Artistic Director Alan Zabriskie, will present “Requiem,” a choral masterpiece that Mozart composed in 1791 just a few months before his untimely death at ...

Of all the amazing things Mozart accomplished in his lifetime, he saved one of the most remarkable for the end. He wrote his own requiem. Dancing toward death: Ballet La Crosse to present ...

Although the ancient text of the mass for the dead is somber, Mozart’s music in this May Festival performance offered a message of hope. While Mozart lay on his deathbed composing his Requiem in ...

He composed the majority of his works during the Classical era (1756-1791). During this time, Mozart's writing was prolific and, to this day, his compositions are revered as some of the most ...

The Requiem is one of Mozart’s most beloved works, often turned to at times of communal grief, but it is not entirely his. He received a substantial commission for the work in the summer of 1791 ...