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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.
In February 1865 Brahms's mother died, and he began to compose his large choral work A German Requiem, Op. 45, of which six movements were completed by 1866. Premieres of the first three movements were given in Vienna, but the complete work was first given in Bremen in 1868 to great acclaim. A seventh movement (the soprano solo "Ihr habt nun ...
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).
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 ...
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 ...
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)
Part II is scored for double choir SATB SATB, and Part III is written for SATTB choir and a trio of soloists. All movements are accompanied by basso continuo. The work was known to Brahms, as it is thought that he owned a copy of the score; [3] his German Requiem is remarkably similar in content. The work was the first requiem in the German ...
Completions that did not try to emulate Mozart's style, but rather completed the requiem in the style of the editor. Knud Vad [] (2000) followed Süssmayr's completion until the "Sanctus" and "Benedictus", inserting 4 bars in piano for the "Sanctus", composing a double fugue for the Osanna with Süssmayr's theme, adding more modulations to the "Benedictus" and composing a transition back to D ...