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The Requiem consists of 12 parts. The main theme appears in all the parts, for example in the Kyrie-fugue, Dies Irae, Agnus Dei and Quam olim Abrahae. The solo of the soprano is without any doubt a Grégorian melody. The Kyrie is an extremely complicated fugue (fugue with 2 themes).

Then arrives the Dies Irae: gruesome and piercing. Mozart removed the trombones in this part. Thus, he manages to obtain a more significant effect in the Tuba Mirum. There, the trombones suggest the blast of trumpets at the Last Judgement.

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