Johannes Brahms (18331897)
A German Requiem Op. 45
Urtext from the new Brahms Complete Edition edited by Michael Musgrave and Michael Struck [solos,mix ch,orch] Duration: 75' Text: Bibel / Bible
solos: SBar choir: SATB pic2.2.2.2.dble bsn.(ad lib) 4.2.3.1 timp 2hp org(ad lib) str
- authoritative music text based on the current state of research
- erroneous traditional readings corrected
- orchestra material tried and tested
- new piano vocal score (compact engraving, clear legibility)
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Description
The German Requiem is one of the worlds most famous requiems, even though it does not set the customary requiem text to music. Brahms did not want to follow the Latin Catholic funeral mass, addressing the Last Judgments terror and sinful human beings redemption through death on the cross. His attention, on the contrary, was on Biblical texts that focus on human transience and comfort: comfort to the bereaved and comfort to all who fear death. To some extent, it could be called the epitome of Brahms's work. In the relevant volume of the new Brahms Complete Edition, on which this new practical edition is based, editors Michael Musgrave and Michael Struck clear up all sorts of legends, errors, and erroneous readings. Brahmss subsequent minor compositional changes are taken into account, poor decisions in previous editions are corrected, and the Bible texts sung contain writing and meaning corrections. In addition, the texts elucidate many myths about the compositions origin. Thus, this Urtext edition creates a fresh perspective on the Peoples Requiem, as Brahms would have preferred to call the composition.
This new B&H publication is extremely good value, and it really does breathe new life into an old master. The pages of the full score are delightfully easy on the eye. The edition's visual effect is precise, lucid, and sympathetic as, indeed, a good performance of Brahms's choral masterpiece should be. (Jeremy Summerly, Choir & Organ)
Table of Contents
1. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
2. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
3. Herr, lehre doch mich, dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss
4. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth
5. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
6. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Stadt
7. Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben
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