Mozart's Attic: Mozart's Requiem

By Jay Lamy (Jayski)

Published August 3, 2023 at 3:46 PM EDT

1857 lithograph by Franz Schramm, titled Ein Moment aus den letzten Tagen Mozarts ("Moment from the Last Days of Mozart"). Mozart, with the score of the Requiem on his lap, gives Süssmayr last-minute instructions. — 1857 lithograph by Franz Schramm, titled *Ein Moment aus den letzten Tagen Mozarts* ("Moment from the Last Days of Mozart"). Mozart, with the score of the Requiem on his lap, gives Süssmayr last-minute instructions.

There is a bit of skulduggery involved in the story of Mozart’s Requiem, but it has little in common with the high drama of the movie Amadeus; it had more to do with collecting payment for a commission left incomplete at the composer’s death.

But if the real story isn’t worthy of an Oscar, the Requiem remains one of Mozart’s greatest works, and we’ll feature it this Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

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Jay Lamy (Jayski)

Originally from central Massachusetts, Jay has called the Space Coast home for more than 30 years. He began his association with WFIT in the late '90s as a dumpster diver for office furniture in response to a broadcast plea for a new chair from a frustrated disc jockey. (WFIT has come a long way since.)

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