literally "rest" (the first and last words of the Roman Catholic "Mass for the Dead"); came to designate that burial service. Famous ones are by Cherubini, Mozart, Berlioz, Brahms, Verdi, and Britten.
Catholic Mass for the Dead, opening with the text Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine (Rest eternal grant them, Lord)
(literally "rest") the name of the Roman Catholic Mass in commemoration of the dead. [SMR
a musical composition in honor of the dead
The Mass for the Dead of the Roman Catholic Church.
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
a mass for a deceased person, or a musical composition for such a mass
a piece of music written to honour the dead
a Roman Catholic mass performed in commemoration of the dead, also known in Latin as the Missa pro Defunctis
a set of music composed to be played and/or sung at a funeral mass
Any musical hymn, composition, or service for the dead
the Roman Catholic Mass for the dead, frequently set to music.
Generally speaking, a musical composition honoring the dead; more specially (1) the Roman Catholic Mass for the dead, or (2) other commemorative pieces of analogous intent.
A musical composition for the All Saint's Day mass.
A version of the Mass performed to commemorate the dead. The sections are: introit, Kyrie, Gradual and Tract, Sequence ( Dies Irae), Offertory, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.
A celebration of the Eucharist for the commemoration of the dead; a funeral service or memorial service. Sometimes the word is preceded by the word 'solemn': Solemn Requiem. Sometimes the word is preceded by 'high': High Requiem--which only indicates that portions of the service will be sung or chanted. A High Requiem Mass is a funeral service with communion and singing of parts of the service.
The Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known formally (in Latin) as the Missa pro defunctis or Missa defunctorum, is a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church and, in a wholly different ritual form and texts, the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches as well as the Anglican "High" Church and certain Lutheran Churches in the United States. Its theme is a prayer for the salvation of the souls of the departed, and it is used both at services immediately preceding a burial, and on occasions of more general remembrance. It is sometimes observed by other denominations of Christianity such as the Anglican Communion and Eastern Orthodoxy.
The Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral Mass (called the Requiem for the first word of the text, which begins Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, meaning, "Grant them eternal rest, O Lord" — see the entry at "Dies Irae") that was completed to mark the first anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist much admired by Verdi. The piece is also sometimes referred to as the Manzoni Requiem.
The Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in 1791. It was Mozart's last composition and is also perhaps one of his most powerful and recognised works, not only for its music, but also for the debate as to how much of the music Mozart managed to complete before his death, and how much was later composed by his friend and pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr. Despite this, however, it has certainly taken a prominent place among the canon of Mozart's most iconic works.
Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 between 1877 and 1890. This choral–orchestral setting of the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead is the best known of his large works. The most famous movement is the soprano aria "Pie Jesu" (which may be sung by a boy or a woman).
The Requiem (Op. 5, Grande Messe des morts) by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) was composed in 1837. The Grande Messe des Morts is one of Berlioz's best-known works, known for its tremendous orchestration of woodwind and brass instruments, including four antiphonal brass ensembles to be placed at the corners of the concert stage. The work lasts approximately ninety minutes and derives its text from the traditional Latin Requiem Mass.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem is a requiem mass written in memory of the composer's father, William Lloyd Webber, who died in 1982. Many thought it a surprising turn for such a populist composer as Lloyd Webber to produce a piece of "serious" music, being his first and to date only full-blown classical work. The music mixes Lloyd Webber's melodic and pop-oriented style with more complex, sophisticated and (at times) even austere forms.
Released in 2005, Requiem is an album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. In this work, Jenkins interjects movements featuring Japanese haiku with those traditionally encountered in a Requiem Mass. At times, the Latin text is sung below the text of the haiku.
The Requiem, op. 9, by Maurice Duruflé was commissioned in 1947 by the French music publisher Durand and is written in memory of the composer's father. The work is for mixed choir with mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists. It exists in three orchestrations: one for organ alone, one for organ with string orchestra, and one for organ and full orchestra.
