Latin for "weeping” or “tearful", the Lacrimosa is part of the Catholic Requiem Mass. Many great composers have set the text as a discrete movement of the Requiem, including the prolific and influential composer of the Classical period, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91). Born in Salzburg, Austria, Mozart composed his Requiem in 1791, during the last year of his short life.

Audio credit: LACRIMOSA (W.A. Mozart) A Cappella by Andra Ariadna; Lacrimosa-Mozart by Vivienne Sängerin; Lacrimosa dies illa (Requiem, K 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2008 Madacy Entertainment). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.