Class 22 - Mozart's Discovery of J.S. Bach

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Homework: Compare these two examples, from before and after Mozart's discover of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (in 1782). How does the later music reflect the influence of Bach? How does it show the greater Romanticism of Mozart's later years?

• Ruhe Sanft (1778) from the (incomplete) opera Zaide

Rest peacefully, sweet love of my life,
Sleep 'till you re-awake in happiness!
Here, I give you a picture of me,
See how lovingly it smiles at you;
Oh, let those sweet dreams cradle him,
And finally let
All sensual things he desires
Come to rich fruition.

Requiem Mass (incomplete at Mozart's death in 1791)

• Rest in Eternal Peace (Requiem Aeternam)
  
• Day of Wrath (Dies Irae) - [Here's an interesting "flash mob" performance of it]
  
• "Weeping" (Lacrimosa)

For the complete Mozart Requiem, I highly recommend the recording at the right -->