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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 ...
Ein deutsches Requiem ("A German Requiem") soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra, organ ad lib 1865–68 original version with 6 mvts and baritone solos in 3rd & 5th mvts (no soprano solos) written 1865–66, new version with additional mvt with soprano solo in between mvts 4 & 5 (now mvt 5) written 1868;
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 first movement begins with a statement (F-A ♭-F) which is broadly assumed to represent Brahms' personal motto, frei aber froh (free but happy). Brahms had first developed this motto many years earlier after befriending Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, who himself had already adopted a personal motto F-A-E, frei aber einsam (free but lonely).
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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)
The second section is an aria in all but name. The third section, in a nominal C major, brings in the male chorus, which joins the soloist in a plea to a celestial spirit for an abatement of the wanderer's pain. The third part of the Rhapsody has similarities of vocal and choral style to A German Requiem, which was written the previous year.