Offertorium: Hostias

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"Offertorium: Hostias" is the second section of the Offertory in Mozart’s Requiem, a solemn choral movement that prays for the souls of the departed to be received into eternal light.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral movement
sacred music
section of a Requiem Mass
associatedWith Mass for the Dead NERFINISHED
Roman Catholic funeral liturgy
catalogNumber K. 626
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
compositionYear 1791
follows Domine Jesu
genre Requiem movement
key E-flat major
language Latin
liturgicalFunction Offertory of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass
liturgicalTextSource Roman Catholic Requiem Mass NERFINISHED
movementNumberWithinOffertory 2
notatedFor SATB choir
orchestration basset horns
bassoons
organ continuo
strings
timpani
trombones
trumpets
partOf Mozart’s sacred choral output
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 NERFINISHED
period Classical era
positionInWork second section of the Offertory
precedes Sanctus
requests that the souls of the departed be received into eternal light
scoring mixed choir
orchestra
soloists
style contrapuntal
solemn
tempoMarking Andante con moto
textAuthor traditional Latin liturgy
textIncipit Hostias et preces tibi, Domine
theme intercession for the dead
prayer for the souls of the departed
workTitle Offertorium: Hostias NERFINISHED

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Mozart Requiem movement Offertorium: Hostias
Britten War Requiem usesText Offertorium: Hostias
subject surface form: War Requiem
this entity surface form: Offertorium