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Centre panel from Memling's triptych Last Judgment (c. 1467–1471) " Dies irae" (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈdi.es ˈi.re]; "the Day of Wrath") is a Latin sequence attributed to either Thomas of Celano of the Franciscans (1200–1265) [1] or to Latino Malabranca Orsini (d. 1294), lector at the Dominican studium at Santa Sabina, the forerunner of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ...
The "crashing chords" of the Dies irae break in, with the passage repeated completely. Then the choir repeats the very beginning, "Requiem aeternam", with the solo soprano joining softly. The soprano repeats the first "Libera me", [ 27 ] calling the choir to an agitated four-part fugue [ 27 ] [ 1 ] that illustrates the shattering of the world ...
II. Kyrie Kyrie eleison Chorus (SATB) Allegro D minor 4 4: III. Sequentia Dies irae Chorus (SATB) Allegro assai D minor 4 4: Tuba mirum SATB soli Andante B ♭ major: 2 2: Rex tremendae Chorus (SATB) Grave G minor – D minor 4 4: Recordare SATB soli Andante F major: 3 4: Confutatis Chorus (SATB) Andante A minor – F major 4 4: Lacrymosa ...
The sequence employed in the Requiem, Dies irae, attributed to Thomas of Celano (c. 1200 – c. 1260–1270), has been called "the greatest of hymns", worthy of "supreme admiration". [1] The Latin text is included in the Requiem Mass in the 1962 Roman Missal. An early English version was translated by William Josiah Irons in 1849.
After 1802: Abbé Stadler receives leaves 11 through 32 (Dies irae to Confutatis) of Mozart's Requiem autograph from Constanze. Later Eybler would receive leaves 33 to 46, the Lacrymosa through Hostias. 17 September 1803: Süssmayr dies of tuberculosis and is buried in an unmarked grave in the St. Marx Cemetery.
The Requiem by the Hungarian composer György Ligeti is a large-scale choral and orchestral composition, composed between 1963 and 1965. ... "Dies Irae", which uses ...
The Messa per Rossini is a Requiem Mass composed to commemorate the first anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's death. It was a collaboration among 13 Italian composers, initiated by Giuseppe Verdi . The composition was intended to be performed on 13 November 1869 in the Basilica of San Petronio , Bologna, where Rossini grew up and spent a large ...
The Requiem opens with rising scales in the strings, horns, oboes, and cors anglais preceding the choral entry. The first movement contains the first two sections of the music for the Mass (the Introit and the Kyrie). The Sequence commences in the second movement, with the "Dies irae" portraying Judgement Day. There are three choral sections ...