A German Requiem Op. 45
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
[solos,mix ch,orch] duration: 80' solos: SBar – choir: SATB – pic2. 2. 2. 2. dble bsn(ad lib) – 4. 2. 3. 1 – timp – 2hp – org(ad lib) – str
Description
Johannes Brahms wrote his “German Requiem” in 1866. The first complete performance of the work took place at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 18 February 1869, after various individual movements had been performed in Vienna, Bremen and Zurich.
Breitkopf & Härtel first published the work (with score, choral and orchestral parts, and the composer’s own piano-vocal score) in the Brahms Complete Edition (1926-28), which was under the scholarly supervision of Eusebius Mandyczewski and Hans Gál and published on behalf of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
PB 3814
study score
EAN: 9790004201817
200 pages / 16.5 x 22.5 cm / 405 g / softbound
Description
Description
Johannes Brahms wrote his “German Requiem” in 1866. The first complete performance of the work took place at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 18 February 1869, after various individual movements had been performed in Vienna, Bremen and Zurich.
Breitkopf & Härtel first published the work (with score, choral and orchestral parts, and the composer’s own piano-vocal score) in the Brahms Complete Edition (1926-28), which was under the scholarly supervision of Eusebius Mandyczewski and Hans Gál and published on behalf of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
Table of contents
| 1. | Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (Choir) |
| 2. | Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (Choir) |
| 3. | Herr, lehre doch mich, daß ein Ende mit mir haben muß (Baritone-Solo and Choir) |
| 4. | Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth (Choir) |
| 5. | Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit / Ich will euch trösten (Soprano-Solo / Choir) |
| 6. | Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt / Siehe, ich sage euch ein Geheimnis (Choir / Baritone-Solo) |
| 7. | Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben (Choir) |