French composer's perennially popular masterpiece, composed in memory of his father and first performed at La Madeleine in 1888. The work is notable for its clarity, balance, serenity, and ethereal beauty, achieved with the strictest economy of means. Reprinted from authoritative French edition. Translation of text.
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Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi Complete, unabridged C. F. Peters orchestral score of immensely popular, often recorded work. Called by some Verdi's greatest opera, "Requiem" is scored for 4 voices, chorus, and orchestra.
German Requiem in Full Score by Johannes Brahms Brahms' greatest, most ambitious vocal work is a masterpiece of choral music that is now one of the most performed and recorded works in the repertoire of religious music.
