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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kyrie canonical 6
Kyrie eleison 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf choral movement ⓘ
fugue ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
approximateCompositionYear 1791 ⓘ
associatedKeySignature D minor ⓘ
associatedReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
catalogNumber K. 626 ⓘ
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
follows Introitus: Requiem aeternam ⓘ
forces mixed choir ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
form double fugue ⓘ
genre Requiem mass movement ⓘ
historicalRegion Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European ⓘ
liturgicalContext Roman Catholic Requiem Mass ⓘ
liturgicalFunction plea for mercy ⓘ
liturgicalText Christe eleison ⓘ
Kyrie eleison ⓘ
linked to: Kyrie
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 ⓘ
linked to: Requiem in D minor
performanceMedium chorus and orchestra ⓘ
period Classical era ⓘ
placeOfComposition Vienna ⓘ
positionInMass Kyrie ⓘ
relatedWork Dies irae (Mozart Requiem) ⓘ
linked to: Mozart Requiem

Introitus: Requiem aeternam (Mozart Requiem) ⓘ
linked to: Mozart Requiem
sacredOrSecular sacred ⓘ
style Classical ⓘ
tempoIndication Andante (commonly) ⓘ
textLanguage Latin ⓘ
textSource Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass ⓘ
texture contrapuntal ⓘ
usesOrchestraSection brass ⓘ
strings ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
workTitle Kyrie ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Mozart Requiem → movement → Kyrie ⓘ
Mass No. 2 in G major → hasSection → Kyrie eleison ⓘ
linked to: Kyrie
Kyrie (Mozart Requiem) → positionInMass → Kyrie ⓘ
subject linked to: Kyrie
Kyrie (Mozart Requiem) → workTitle → Kyrie ⓘ
subject linked to: Kyrie
Requiem → hasMovement → Kyrie ⓘ