period composers produced 250 requiems. These include Pasiello (1789), Mozart (1791), Carlo Campioni (for Empress Maria Theresia), and Giuseppe Bonno, whose requiem is said to use the longest setting of the sequence in the 18th Century. (Cave) The Romantic Period produced the largest amount of requiems. Included in the 620 requiems published between 1825 and 1910 are Berlioz (1837), Verdi (1874), Liszt, Sant-Saens, Bruckner, Dvorak, Faure (1887), Henschel (1902). Within the realms of 20th Century music there were 335+ requiems produced. The three most famous are the Durufle (1947), Benjamin Britten War Requiem (), and the Andrew Lloyd Webber (1985). Other requiems include Nicholas Lens Flamma Flamma (The Fire Requiem) (), John Rutter, and John Fouldss A World Requiem (1919-1921). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart () was commissioned to compose his requiem in 1791. The requiem was not complete when he died on December 5, 1791. The Grey Messenger was sent by Count von Walsegg, who commissioned the work. The messenger as seen by Mozart was warning him of his near death by appearing cloaked and speaking to him in secret. Shortly after Mozarts death, his widow, Constanze had the work completed by Franz Xaver Sussmayr. Sussmayr had worked several months closely with Mozart aiding him with his last two operas, Die Zauberflote and La clemenza di Tito. After the work was complete, Constanze had it delivered to the commissioner, Walsegg, who had it performed at Neuklosterkirche, a parish in Wiener Neustadt, on December 14, 1793 in the honor of his late wife. This was not the first performance of the requiem. The uncompleted requiem was performed at St. Michaels in Vienna five days after the composers death....
