Kyrie

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The "Kyrie" is the second movement of Mozart’s Requiem, a choral fugue that sets the traditional plea for mercy in a dramatic and contrapuntal style.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kyrie (Mozart Requiem) 0
Kyrie eleison 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf choral movement
fugue
sacred music
approximateCompositionYear 1791
associatedKeySignature D minor
associatedReligion Roman Catholicism
catalogNumber K. 626 NERFINISHED
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
follows Introitus: Requiem aeternam NERFINISHED
forces mixed choir
orchestra
vocal soloists
form double fugue
genre Requiem mass movement
historicalRegion Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
key D minor
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European
liturgicalContext Roman Catholic Requiem Mass
liturgicalFunction plea for mercy
liturgicalText Christe eleison
Kyrie eleison NERFINISHED
movementNumber 2
notableFeature dramatic contrapuntal writing
intense choral writing
use of double fugue technique
openingWords Kyrie eleison
originalTitleLanguage Latin
partOf Requiem in D minor, K. 626 NERFINISHED
performanceMedium chorus and orchestra
period Classical era
placeOfComposition Vienna NERFINISHED
positionInMass Kyrie NERFINISHED
relatedWork Dies irae (Mozart Requiem) NERFINISHED
Introitus: Requiem aeternam (Mozart Requiem) NERFINISHED
sacredOrSecular sacred
style Classical
tempoIndication Andante (commonly)
textLanguage Latin
textSource Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass NERFINISHED
texture contrapuntal
usesOrchestraSection brass
strings
timpani
woodwinds
workTitle Kyrie NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mass No. 2 in G major hasSection Kyrie
this entity surface form: Kyrie eleison
Mozart Requiem movement Kyrie