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By Robert Chase,Jahja Ling

ISBN-10: 0810846640

ISBN-13: 9780810846647

seeing that time immemorial, the reaction of the residing to loss of life has been to commemorate the lifetime of the departed via ceremonies and rituals. for almost millennia, the Christian quest for everlasting peace has been expressed in a poetic-musical constitution often called the requiem. conventional requiem texts, between them the nameless medieval Latin poem Dies Irae ('Day of Wrath'), have encouraged an untold variety of composers in several a long time and serving varied religions, Western and jap. This publication, the 1st finished survey of requiem song for almost part a century, offers loads of varied and particular info that may be of use to the pro musician, the musical student, the choral conductor, the theologian and liturgist, and the overall reader. the most physique of the consultant is an outline of a few 250 requiems. each one access incorporates a concise biography of the composer and an outline of the composition. information of voicing, orchestration, variations, and discography are given. an intensive bibliography comprises dictionaries, encyclopedias, prayer books, monographs, and articles. An appendix lists greater than 1700 requiems now not mentioned in the major text.

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