This requiem is for soli, mixed choir and orchestra and written in memory of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), inventor of the radio.
Requiem settings from the 20th century are remarkable for their range and variety. Those that continue the ‘symphonic’ manner of the previous century include the settings by Maliszewski (1930), G.F. Malipiero (1938), Guido Guerrini (Missa pro defunctis ‘alla memoria di G. Marconi’, 1938/1939), Sutermeister (1952), Virgil Thomson (1960) and Frank Martin (1971/1972).
Author: | Steven Chang-Lin Yu |
Notable contributors to the 20th-century repertory are Bresgen, Duruflé, Guerrini, Karg-Elert, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Maliszewski, Sutermeister, Thompson, Thomson, Zandonai and Zanella.
Author: | James W. Pruett |
Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |