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Johannes Brahms
A German Requiem op. 45
A German Requiem op. 45 obtainable from
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Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
People’s Requiem
A German Requiem op. 45
authoritative music text based on the current state of research
for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra
Urtext from the new Brahms Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag) Editors: Michael Struck & Michael Musgrave PB 16109 Score
OB 16109 Orchestral parts
erroneous traditional readings corrected orchestra material tried and tested new piano vocal score (compact engraving, clear legibility)
EB 9362 Piano vocal score by the composer
The German Requiem is one of the world’s most famous requiems, even though it does not set the customary requiem text to music. Brahms did not want to follow the Latin Catholic funeral mass, addressing the Last Judgment’s terror and sinful human beings’ redemption through death on the cross. His attention, on the contrary, was on Biblical texts that focus on human transience and comfort: comfort to the bereaved and comfort to all who fear death. To some extent, it could be called the epitome of Brahms‘s work. In the relevant volume of the new Brahms Complete Edition, on which this new practical edition is based, editors Michael Struck and Michael Musgrave clear up all sorts of “legends,” errors, and erroneous readings. Brahms’s subsequent minor compositional changes are taken into account, poor decisions in previous editions are corrected, and the Bible texts sung contain writing and meaning corrections. Thus, this Urtext edition creates a fresh perspective on the “People’s Requiem,” as Brahms would have preferred to call the composition.
Requiem
Improvements in the New Edition
for Reduced Scoring
Examples from the piano vocal score new piano vocal score from the Urtext of the new
Impractical page turns eliminated, such as that of the 2nd movement: choral entry directly after the orchestral prelude
Brahms Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag) compact engraving, clear legibility
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PB 5697 Score with timpani part | compatible with the piano vocal score EB 9362
The German Requiem by Johannes Brahms is one of the most-performed oratorical works of all times. As an alternative with a reduced scoring, the version of Heinrich Poos is now published in a revised new edition,
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Johannes Brahms
A German Requiem op. 45
A German Requiem op. 45 obtainable from
Design & Typeset RAUM ZWEI | Leipzig Status as of September 2020. Errors excepted. B+H 44
Johannes Brahms