Friedrich Kiel (07/10/1821 - 13/09/1885), a German composer and teacher, from Puderbach / Wittgenstein. He wrote piano music, two requiem masses (one in F minor and one in A major),
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| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis |
Requiem in F minor
| Period: | Romanticism |
| Composed in: | 1860 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
| Duration: | 57'29 |
| Label(s): | Rondeau ROP6141 |
This Requiem in F minor (Op.20) contains:
01. Introitus
02. Kyrie
03. Dies Irae
04. Recordare
05. Confutatis
06. Lacrimosa
07. Offertorium: Domine
08. Offertorium: Quam olim Abrahae
09. Offertorium: Hostias
10. Sanctus: Sanctus
11. Sanctus: Osanna
12. Sanctus: Benedictus
13. Agnus Dei
| Source: | booklet of cd Rondeau ROP6141
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Kiel's first Requiem in F minor opus 20 (written 1859/1860) is more lyric than dramatic.
| Author: | James W. Pruett |
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |
As the performance of his Requiem in F minor op.20 in Berlin on 8th February 1862 was a great success, the hitherto unknown Kiel became famous overnight.
As late as 1859 and 1861 he was obliged to arrange private performances of his compositions, to attract attention even in Berlin, but after his Requiem, brought out by Stern's Gesangverein in 1862, had been received with unanimous enthusiasm, and made the round of the musical world, he at once became famous.
Requiem in A flat major
| Period: | Romanticism |
| Composed in: | 1881 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Kiel's second Requiem in A flat major opus 80 (1881) returned to the mainstream of theatrically conceived sacred music.
| Author: | James W. Pruett |
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |