Salzburg: St Peter's Cemetery, Collegiate Church of St Peter, Cathedral [Lacrimosa dies illa]

A Musical Tour of the City of Mozart
With music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chapter X
St Peter's Cemetery lies behind the Collegiate Church of St Peter. Mozarts sister was buried here in 1829, as was Joseph Haynds brother Michael, who served in the court musical establishment and died in 1806. Built on an ancient Roman site, the Romanesque church itself, was erected originally in the twelfth century, renovated in the seventeenth and revamped in rococo style in 1770. The white, eau-de-nil and gilt ornamentation of the interior is typical of the period, as are the paintings and the ornate organ casings. Mozart's C minor Mass was first performed here in 1783, with his wife singing the soprano solos. Earlier buildings and plans for renovation of the Cathedral of St Rupert were replaced in the earlier seventeenth century by Santino Solari. The interior, in baroque style, contains frescoes and paintings. It was for the cathedral that Mozart wrote much of his church music, particularly during the short period from 1779 when he served as court organist.
Music Mozart: Lacrimosa dies illa from the Requiem, K.626
Mozart left his Requiem unfinished at his death in December in 1791. It had been commissioned by Count Walsegg, acting anonymously through his steward and apparently intending to allow people to thins the work his. On his sick-bed Mozart and his friends sang through the completed parts of the work, breaking off at the start of the Lacrimosa, which remained incomplete, to be finished eventually by Mozart's pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr. There is a particular poignancy about this final scene of the composers life and the significance of the text for him and his friends.

[@jpstenino]

Thank you for the excellent text and photos.

[@AlexWolkowModern]

My dear Maya!!! Excellent, remarkable video! You have made the big and interesting work. I have attentively read the description of church and once again about great Mozart's requiem. At you the big love to classical music. Your soul beautiful, your heart gentle. You my favourite. Many thanks! Alex

[@mariavelazquezdeangulo1640]

Salzburg Beatiful. Tahnk you.

[@taylorconscious]

I love this part of the requiem.