Structura operei

(n prelucrarea tradiional a lui F.X. Smayr)

I. Introitus: Requiem aeternam, adagio, re minor (cor, solo de sopran, cor). Urmat nemijlocit
de:
II. Kyrie, allegro, re minor (fug) (cor)
III. Sequenz
1. Dies irae, Allegro assai, re minor (cor)
2. Tuba mirum, andante, si major (cvartet de soliti)
3. Rex tremendae, sol minor (cor)
4. Recordare, fa major (cvartet de soliti)
5. Confutatis, andante, la (cor)
6. Lacrimosa, re minor (cor)
IV. Offertorium
1. Domine Jesu, andante con moto, sol minor (cor, soliti), fug Quam olim Abrahae (cor)
2. Hostias, Es (cor) cu repetarea fugii Quam olim Abrahae
V. Sanctus, adagio, re major i fuga Osanna (Chor)
VI. Benedictus, andante, si major (cvartet de soliti) i fuga Osanna (cor)
VII. Agnus Dei, re minor (cor). Urmat nemijlocit de:
VIII. Communio: Lux aeterna, Adagio, re minor (Sopransolo, Chor) + Allegro, re minor (Fuge,
Chor) (parafraz a segmentelor Introitus [de la msura 19] i Kyrie eleison)