This edition of Brahms's greatest, most ambitious vocal work is reprinted from the definitive edition of the composer's works prepared by Breitkopf & Hairtel of Leipzig. Inexpensive, yet sturdily constructed to provide years of pleasurable use, this full score combines all the musical parts in a clear, readable format, with wide margins, large noteheads and many other helpful features.
Brahms conducted the first major performance of the German Requiem in Bremen Cathedral in April 1868. The occasion, attended by many distinguished musicians, among them Clara Schumann, provided the young composer, then thirty-four, with his first great public success.
Scored for mixed chorus, solo Voices and full orchestra, the Requiem reflects Brahms's virtuosic grasp of 19th-century vocal technique as well as the polyphonic vocal traditions of the previous three centuries. Above all, it radiates Brahms's stalwart individuality, technical mastery and stirring emotional appeal, which were soon to secure his unique position in the musical world.
The German Requiem is in seven sections (the fifth was added shortly after the Bremen performance), which distinguishes it from the five-part Roman Catholic requiem. Brahms chose its nondenominational text himself to focus on faith in the resurrection rather than on fear of the day of judgment. Now, over a century later, this masterpiece of choral music is one of the most performed and recorded works in the repertoire of religious music.
Unabridged Dover (1987) republication of Volume 17 (Ein deutsches Requiem) of ] ohannes Brahms; Samtliche Werke ; Ausgabe der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, published by Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig (1926). New English translation of Editor's Commentary. English versions of Requiem texts taken from King James Version of the Bible. 208pp. 9 3/8×12 1/4 Paperbound. |
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