This requiem is written for Louise Marie Therese Princess of France. She was born on 3 Apr 1812 in Palermo, Italy. She was christened in Palermo, Italy. She died on 11 Oct 1850 in Oostende, West-Flanders, Belgium. She was buried on 17 Oct 1850 in Laeken, Brabant, Belgium. She married Leopold I Georg Christian Friedrich, King of Belgium on 9 Aug 1832 in Chateau, De Compiegne, Oise, France.
Important requiem composers in the 19th century include Aiblinger, Andrevi y Castellar, Bochsa, Van Bree, Canetti, Catelani, Coccia, Fétis, Goss, Gounod, Habert, Mabellini, Meyerbeer, Neukomm, Pacini, Reinecke, Reissinger and Rheinberger.
Author: | James W. Pruett |
Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |