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A Requiem ( Latin: rest) or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( Latin: Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( Latin: Missa defunctorum ), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal.
Scoring. four soloists. chorus. orchestra. The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year.
DictionaryReq·ui·em/ˈrekwēəm/noun
- 1. (especially in the Roman Catholic Church) a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead: "a requiem was held for the dead queen"
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Requiem, requiem mass by Giuseppe Verdi, intended as a memorial to a departed hero—the poet, playwright, and novelist Alessandro Manzoni. Requiem premiered in Milan on May 22, 1874. It is Verdi’s largest-scale nonoperatic work. The leading Italian writer of the 1800s, Manzoni played the role in.
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May 22, 2023 · Learn how Verdi composed his Requiem in memory of the poet Manzoni, who was a national hero and a devout Catholic. Discover the musical and historical context of this famous setting of the Catholic funeral mass.
A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead or Mass of the dead, is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. Wikipedia
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