War Requiem op. 66

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Benjamin Britten

War Requiem op. 66

Benjamin Britten

War Requiem op. 66

  • Instrumentation Soloists, Mixed Choir (SATB), Childrens' Choir and Orchestra
  • Composer Benjamin Britten
  • Edition Piano Reduction
  • Publisher Boosey & Hawkes
  • Order no. BH5500012
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Description:

  • Language: Latin German English
  • Pages: 188
  • Release: 31.12.1999
  • Term: 01:25:00
  • Weight: 625 g
  • Opus: 66
  • Genre: Classical Music, Classical Music of the Modern Age, Sacred & Church Music, Music for Mourning, Requiem
  • ISBN: 9781495091667
  • ISMN: 9790060015564
It is regarded by many as his masterpiece in the non-operatic sphere: Britten's War Requiem, premiered in 1962 to celebrate the opening of the new cathedral at Coventry, built to replace the one destroyed during the war. Britten used the opportunity to write a milestone of post-war music history: In memory of the war dead he combined texts of a Latin mass with 20th-century poems and set his deeply held pacifist and humanitarian beliefs to music. The requiem's direct style has overwhelmed audiences for more than fifty years.