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A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 (German: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift) by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soprano and baritone soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868.
The second movement closes by way of a 54-measure orchestral section with a C pedal tone and the chorus intermittently repeating the last line of Hölderlin's poem. The addition of E ♮ s starting in measure 364 predicts the coming modulation to C major for the final movement. The third movement, marked Adagio, is in C major and returns to ...
Choral Society of the Friends of Music, Vienna, Vienna Philharmonic: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hans Hotter: EMI: 1948 Wilhelm Furtwängler: Lucerne Festival Choir, Lucerne Festival Orchestra: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hans Hotter: Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS6674 1947 live performance 1948 Robert Shaw: RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra Eleanor ...
The contrabassoon, horns in F, trumpets and timpani are tacet for the 2nd and 3rd movements. The trombones are tacet for the 3rd movement only. Although Brahms commonly specified "natural" (valveless) horn tunings in his compositions (e.g., Horn in F), performances are typically delivered on modern valved French horns.
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D 453, Requiem in C minor for mixed choir and orchestra (1816, fragment of the first movement is extant) D 621, German Requiem in G minor for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed choir and organ, Deutsche Trauermesse (1818, 4 versions; only the 1st version is complete; NSA appends a synopsis of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th versions)
Between 1865 and 1868, as a young man, Brahms had composed Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), dealing with death, based on a compilation of biblical quotations in Luther's translation. He wrote Vier ernste Gesänge late in life, again on words from the Bible. His friend Clara Schumann had suffered a stroke on 26 March 1896. Brahms ...
A German Requiem may refer to: A German Requiem (Brahms) , a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soloists, composed by Johannes Brahms and completed in 1869 A German Requiem (novel) , a 1991 novel set in post-war Germany by Philip Kerr