A German Requiem
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requiem mass composed by Johannes Brahms
Key facts
- English
- A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures
- Full title
- Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift
- Text
- from the Luther Bible
- Language
- German
- Composed
- 1865 ( 1865 ) –1868
- Movements
- seven
- Scoring
- soprano baritone mixed choir orchestra
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Wikidata facts
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Image
- Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) ca 1865.jpg
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- publication date
- 1868-01-01
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- music for the Requiem Mass
- Commons category
- Johannes Brahms, Opus 45
- Commons gallery
- Ein deutsches Requiem
- opus number
- 45
- title
- Ein deutsches Requiem
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Encyclopedic overview
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. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work both Brahms's longest composition and largest-ensemble work. A German Requiem is sacred but non-liturgical, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is set in the German language.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “A German Requiem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.