Look insideJohannes Brahms (1833–1897) 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)
The study score („Studien-Edition”) is available at G. Henle Verlag.
You will find the version by Heinrich Poos for choir, two pianos and timpani here.
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The German Requiem is one of the world’s 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 Judgment’s 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. Brahms’s 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 composition’s origin. Thus, this Urtext edition creates a fresh perspective on the “People’s 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)
| 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 |
