Requiem op. 89
Urtext
by Antonin Dvorak
4-Part - Sheet Music

Soprano voice solo, alto voice solo, tenor voice solo, bass voice solo, mixed choir, orchestra (solos: SATB - choir: SATB - 3(picc).3(cor ang).3(B-clar) 3(dbl bsn) - 4.4.3.1 - timp.perc- hp- org - str)

SKU: BR.CHB-5318

Urtext. Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Edited by Klaus Doge. Stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Requiem; Romantic; Late-romantic. Choral score. 60 pages. Duration 95'. Breitkopf and Haertel #CHB 5318. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5318).

ISBN 9790004412510. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

The profound impression it makes on us is due in part to the sequence of variations on a death motif that seems to have been borrowed from the beginning of the second Kyrie from Bach's Mass in B minor. Written in 1890, it was commissioned by the publisher Novello for the Birmingham Music Festival and premiered there under the direction of the composer on 9 October 1891. For this performance, Dvorak used a copy of the score which he had personally examined and which later served as the engraver's copy. The Dvorak scholar Klaus Doge succeeded in tracking down its location and evaluating this important source for the first time. It contains the "Fassung letzter Hand" and, moreover, offers valuable insights into Dvorak's conducting workshop. It served as the principal source for the Breitkopf Urtext edition.

Dvorak's Requiem is one of the Czech composer's great sacred works and one of the greatest Requiem settings in music history.