Requiem in D minor
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Requiem in D minor is Mozart’s famous final, unfinished mass for the dead, renowned for its dramatic intensity and profound emotional depth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Requiem in D minor canonical | 2 |
| Requiem in D minor, K. 626 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2507298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Requiem in D minor Context triple: [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, notableWork, Requiem in D minor]
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A.
Requiem
Requiem is a deeply expressive and harmonically rich choral work by English composer Herbert Howells, often regarded as one of his finest sacred compositions.
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B.
Requiem
Requiem is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by American composer John Harbison that sets traditional Latin Requiem Mass texts in a contemporary classical style.
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C.
Requiem
"Requiem" is an emotionally charged song from the Broadway musical *Dear Evan Hansen* that explores a family's struggle to grieve and remember a troubled loved one.
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Austrian Requiem
Austrian Requiem is a memoir by former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg reflecting on the events leading up to Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany and his own political downfall.
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E.
Verdi Requiem
The Verdi Requiem is a dramatic and operatic-style Roman Catholic funeral mass composed by Giuseppe Verdi, renowned for its powerful choral writing and emotional intensity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Requiem in D minor Target entity description: Requiem in D minor is Mozart’s famous final, unfinished mass for the dead, renowned for its dramatic intensity and profound emotional depth.
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A.
Requiem
Requiem is a deeply expressive and harmonically rich choral work by English composer Herbert Howells, often regarded as one of his finest sacred compositions.
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B.
Requiem
Requiem is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by American composer John Harbison that sets traditional Latin Requiem Mass texts in a contemporary classical style.
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C.
Requiem
"Requiem" is an emotionally charged song from the Broadway musical *Dear Evan Hansen* that explores a family's struggle to grieve and remember a troubled loved one.
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D.
Austrian Requiem
Austrian Requiem is a memoir by former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg reflecting on the events leading up to Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany and his own political downfall.
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E.
Verdi Requiem
The Verdi Requiem is a dramatic and operatic-style Roman Catholic funeral mass composed by Giuseppe Verdi, renowned for its powerful choral writing and emotional intensity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Requiem mass
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musical composition ⓘ |
| approximateCompletionYear | 1792 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Mozart’s final illness ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth | mysterious anonymous commission ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Constanze Mozart ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | K. 626 ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Franz von Walsegg ⓘ |
| commissionYear | 1791 ⓘ |
| completedBy | Franz Xaver Süssmayr ⓘ |
| composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| genre |
liturgical music
ⓘ
sacred choral music ⓘ |
| influenced | 19th-century sacred music ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
basset horns
ⓘ
bassoons ⓘ organ continuo ⓘ strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ trombones ⓘ trumpets ⓘ |
| isUnfinished | true ⓘ |
| key | D minor ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| movement |
Agnus Dei
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Benedictus ⓘ Communio: Lux aeterna ⓘ Confutatis ⓘ Introitus: Requiem aeternam ⓘ Kyrie ⓘ Lacrimosa ⓘ Offertorium: Domine Jesu ⓘ Offertorium: Hostias ⓘ Recordare ⓘ Rex tremendae ⓘ Sanctus ⓘ Dies irae ⓘ
surface form:
Sequenz: Dies irae
Tuba mirum ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dramatic intensity
ⓘ
profound emotional depth ⓘ |
| otherCompleters |
Franz Jakob Freystädtler
ⓘ
Joseph Eybler ⓘ |
| period | Classical era ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Vienna ⓘ |
| scoring |
SATB soloists
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mixed choir ⓘ orchestra ⓘ |
| textAuthor | Traditional Latin Requiem Mass text ⓘ |
| widelyConsidered | one of Mozart’s greatest works ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626