Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Johannes Brahms)
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- Editors: Philip Legge and Andrew Raiskums (added 2006-09-28). Score information: A4, 131 pages, 1432 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: the organ part is from Andrew Raiskums' re-orchestration of the German Requiem for 2 horns, 3 trombones, timpani, and organ. Individual movements below; nota bene, the complete score is a large file (1.4 MB).
Individual movements
- Selig sind, die da Leid tragen CPDL #11825:
Sibelius 3 Score information: A4, 15 pages, 183 kbytes
- Denn alles Fleisch CPDL #11826:
Sibelius 3 Score information: A4, 29 pages, 318 kbytes
- Herr, lehre doch mich CPDL #11827:
Sibelius 3 Score information: A4, 19 pages, 238 kbytes
- Wie lieblich sind CPDL #11828:
Sibelius 3 Score information: A4, 13 pages, 181 kbytes
- Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit CPDL #11829:
Sibelius 3 Score information: A4, 8 pages, 128 kbytes
- Denn wir haben hie CPDL #11830:
Sibelius 3 Score information: A4, 30 pages, 321 kbytes
- Selig sind die Toten CPDL #11831:
Sibelius 3 Score information: A4, 17 pages, 186 kbytes
- Editors: Philip Legge and Andrew Raiskums (added 2006-06-07). Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: the organ part is from Andrew Raiskums' re-orchestration of the German Requiem for 2 horns, 3 trombones, timpani, and organ.
Alternative edition for movement 4
- Editor: Kelvin Smith (added 2003-05-07). Score information: Letter, 6 pages Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: In English translation ("How Lovely is Thy dwelling Place"). May be found under "Choir--Parts Only" on the external site.
General Information
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Instruments: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon ad lib., 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 timpani, harps (at least doubled), violins à 3, violas à 3, violoncellos à 3, contrabasses à 2, organ ad lib.
Description: Brahms' German Requiem is his greatest choral work and possibly the best known work in its genre – that is, of "Requiems" standing outside the liturgical settings of the Latin requiem mass. Brahms consciously chose words from the Bible (including the Apocrypha) concentrating on the consoling of the bereaved as well as the peaceful deposition of the souls of the departed: the three extended movements for the full orchestra each end affirmatively with emphasis on everlasting joy, or the departed souls of the righteous resting peacefully in God's hands, or of victory over the grave. The seven movements of the work are laid out as an arch, buttressed by the invocations of "Selig sind" – blessed be those who mourn, or those who have died.
Moreover Brahms clearly saw his work as the latest in a line of Protestant Requiems stretching back to Luther. Brahms consciously quoted a 17th century chorale tune, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, in the second movement; and elsewhere there are echoes of Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, particularly in the first and final movements; and the expressive Bach-like polyphony as well as glorious fugues that cap the third and sixth movements.
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Original text and translations
(The English translation above is largely the King James Version, slightly adapted by Philip Legge.)
CPDL #11832: 