Grande messe des morts, H 75 (Hector Berlioz)
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1. Requiem et Kyrie. Introït
- (Posted 2000-09-26) CPDL #01404: Score information: A3, 31 pages, 392 kB
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2000-09-26). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
2. Dies iræ. Prosa
- (Posted 2000-09-26) CPDL #01425: Score information: A3, 24 pages, 456 kB
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2000-09-26). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
3. Quid sum miser
- (Posted 2000-09-26) CPDL #01430: Score information: A4, 5 pages, 331 kB
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2000-09-26). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
4. Rex tremendæ 5. Quærens me
- (Posted 2000-09-26) CPDL #01431: Score information: A4, 9 pages, 107 kB
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2000-09-26). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
6. Lacrimosa
- (Posted 2000-09-26) CPDL #01426: Score information: A3, 18 pages, 293 kB
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2000-09-26). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
7. Offertoire (Chœur des âmes du Purgatoire) 8. Hostias
- (Posted 2000-09-26) CPDL #01432: Score information: A4, 9 pages, 107 kB
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2000-09-26). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
9. Sanctus 10. Agnus Dei
- (Posted 2000-09-28) CPDL #01433: Score information: A3, 17 pages, 313 kB
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2000-09-28). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
Arrangements for SATB
1. Requiem et Kyrie. Introït.
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17809: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 15 pages, 203 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.
2. Dies iræ. Prosa.
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17810: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 201 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.
3. Quid sum miser
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17811: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 45 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.
4. Rex tremendæ
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17812: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 15 pages, 181 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.
5. Quærens me
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17813: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 64 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Berlioz's second version, with cut of "Culpa rubet" verse and new connecting passage.
Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Bar 37: the top alto divisi note does not appear in the original 1st tenor part. Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.
6. Lacrimosa
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17814: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 14 pages, 208 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.
7. Offertoire. (Chœur des âmes du Purgatoire.)
8. Hostias
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17815: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 44 kB Copyright: Personal
9a. Sanctus
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17816: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 39 pages, 3 kB Copyright: Personal
9b. Hosanna
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17817: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 69 pages, 4 kB Copyright: Personal
10. Agnus Dei
- (Posted 2008-07-30) CPDL #17818: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Thomas Lloyd (submitted 2008-07-30). Score information: Letter, 13 pages, 168 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.
General Information
Title: Grande messe des morts, "Requiem", Op. 5, H 75
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSTTBB, with contraltos, and Tenor solo in Sanctus
Genre: Sacred, Requiem
Language: Latin
Instruments: Large orchestra, with 4 additional brass orchestras
First published: 1838 (Maurice Schlesinger, Paris); revised version 1853 (G. Ricordi, Milan)
Description: Composed in 1838, this choral work uses the largest orchestral forces of any work prior to the 20th Century.
External websites:
- Grande messe des morts, H 75 (Hector Berlioz) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
- The Hector Berlioz Website
Original text and translations
Berlioz's setting of the traditional text of the mass for the dead reorders and omits some lines. Words in round brackets have been inserted or rearranged from another part of the text. Words denoted in square brackets have been moved to a different place in the text as indicated, or otherwise omitted altogether. Refer to the Requiem page for translations.
 Latin text1. Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine: |
4. (O) Rex treméndæ majestátis, |
7. Dómine Jesu Christe, Rex glóriæ, |