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The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni , whom Verdi admired, and therefore also referred to as the Manzoni Requiem .
Verdi's gift for music was already apparent by 1820–21 when he began his association with the local church, serving in the choir, acting as an altar boy for a while, and taking organ lessons. After Baistrocchi's death, Verdi, at the age of eight, became the official paid organist. [5] Antonio Barezzi, Verdi's patron and later father-in-law
By Mozart's time (1791) it was standard to embed the dramatic and long Day of Wrath sequence, and to score with orchestra. Eventually many settings of the Requiem, not least Verdi's (1874), were essentially concert pieces unsuitable for church service. Incipit of the Gregorian chant introit for a Requiem Mass, from the Liber Usualis.
The Requiem Mass is notable for the large number of musical compositions that it has inspired, including settings by Mozart (though uncompleted), [9] Verdi, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Brahms (from the vernacular German Lutheran Bible), Dvořák, Fauré, Duruflé, and others. Originally, such compositions were meant to be performed in liturgical ...
Verdi wrote the "Libera me", with contributions from twelve other composers. Pater Noster (1873): for 5-part chorus; Messa da Requiem (22 May 1874, San Marco, Milan): mass in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, for four solo voices, chorus, and orchestra; Ave Maria (1880): for soprano and strings; Quattro pezzi sacri (7 April 1898, Grande Opéra, Paris):
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Recorded live on 27 January, the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death, in Berlin [2] 2001: Staatskapelle Dresden, Chorus of the Staatsoper Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden Giuseppe Sinopoli: Daniela Dessì, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Johan Botha, Roberto Scandiuzzi: private recording, CD: Live recording made on 13 and 14 February at the Semperoper ...
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