This Funeral Mass is written in 1862. Total time 19:57. The movements of the requiem are:
01. Requiem aeternam 4:09
02. Graduale 3:32
03. Offertorium 3:10
04. Sanctus 1:43
05. Benedictus 2:50
06. Agnus Dei 4:33
Contributor: | Pentti Ruokonen |
Bruckner's Requiem (1848–9) reveals, in its busy string figuration against slower-moving choral writing, persistent metrical patterns and organ figured bass, the influence of the Viennese masses of the late 18th century. Its modest length and faithful adherence to the Latin text make it entirely suitable for liturgical use. After the mid-19th century many important settings, including those of Schumann (1852), Moniuszko (1862), Saint-Saëns (1878) and Dvorák (1891), were conceived more in terms of the concert hall, inclining, by their grand scale and, in some cases, textual liberties, towards the oratorio, the most favoured sacred genre of the 19th century.
Author: | Steven Chang-Lin Yu
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