The Requiem Mass in D minor (1791) was the last composition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The original work is scored for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass soloists, a choir, and a small classical orchestra. When St. Clare sings six lines from the "Dies Irae" movement of the Requiem in the novel, he plays an arrangement for piano and one voice created, he tells Ophelia, by his mother. We could not find any 19th century arrangement for a solo performer, so Michael Slon composed this one for the archive.

From "Dies Irae" Movement Mozart's Requiem Mass (K. 626) Recordare Jesu pie Quod sum causa tuæ viæ Ne me perdas, illa die Querens me sedisti lassus Redemisti crucem passus Tantus labor non sit cassus   [In a footnote to these lines, Stowe provides the following translation, which she calls "rather inadequate":] Think, O Jesus, for what reason Thou endured'st earth's spite and treason, Nor me lose, in that dread season; Seeking me, thy worn feet hasted, On the cross thy soul death tasted, Let not all these toils be wasted.

PERFORMED BY SOLO VOCAL: James Taylor PIANO: Michael Slon Arranged for piano and solo voice by Michael Slon. RECORDED at Virginia Arts Studio Charlottesville, Virginia ©2007 Michael Slon   All rights reserved. Audio encoding at the Digital Media Lab, Clemons Library, University of Virginia