CONFUTATIS MALEDICTIS sheet music by Mozart (Requiem Mass in D Minor k. 626) (English Edition)

The Confutatis begins with a rhythmic and dynamic sequence of strong contrasts and surprising harmonic turns. Accompanied by the basso continuo, the tenors and basses burst into a forte vision of the infernal, on a dotted rhythm. The accompaniment then ceases alongside the tenors and basses, and the sopranos and altos enter softly and sotto voce, singing Voca me cum benedictis (“Call upon me with the blessed”) with an arpeggiated accompaniment in strings.Finally, in the following stanza (Oro supplex et acclinis), there is a striking modulation from A minor to A♭ minor.This spectacular descent from the opening key is repeated, now modulating to the key of F major. A final seventh chord leads to the Lacrymosa.