Kyrie
E535993
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.
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.
this entity surface form:
Kyrie eleison