CCXCII. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Look up chutzpah in the dictionary and you should surely find a picture of Count Franz von Walsegg, who commissioned the Requiem from the dying Mozart, and who planned to pass it off as his own work, following the death of his own young wife.
My IAA classmate, Tom Hulce, gives a magnificent performance in the scene from Amadeus where the fatally-ill composer dictates the music to Salieri.
We'll have to give Forman a pass, since the film never bothered to introduce the character of Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who actually did complete the work (without appropriating it as his own!)
1. Introitus
2. Dies Irae
3. Tuba Mirum
4. Rex Tremendae
5. Recordare
6. Confutatis
7. Lacrimosa
8. Domine Jesu
9. Hostias
10. Sanctus
11. Benedictus
12. Agnus Dei
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