He called it the Day of Wrath, the Dies Irae. Mozart wrote The Requiem in 1791 as he was literally dying. Never has one man translated his own imminent demise into music so effectively. His death would be the end of his world, but perhaps also, with his famous arrogance, he was saying that his death would affect us all.
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
Coningsby, Or, The New Generation (ed. 1863)
CONCLUSION
What’s Going on was Bono’s Requiem. With his masonic blindfolds he opened the All Stars Eyes.
