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Requiem (Berlioz)
1837 musical work by Hector Berlioz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grande Messe des morts (or Requiem), Op. 5, by Hector Berlioz was composed in 1837. The Grande Messe des Morts is one of Berlioz's best-known works, with a tremendous orchestration of woodwind and brass instruments, including four antiphonal offstage brass ensembles. The work derives its text from the traditional Latin Requiem Mass. It has a duration of approximately ninety minutes, although there are faster recordings of under seventy-five minutes.
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Grande Messe des morts | |
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Requiem by Hector Berlioz | |
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Opus | 5 |
Occasion | memorial of soldiers who died in the 1830 July Revolution |
Text | Requiem |
Language | Latin |
Performed | 5 November 1837 (1837-11-05) |
Published | 1838, Paris |
Movements | ten |
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