Messa di Requiem
by Gaetano Donizetti
4-Part - Sheet Music

Orchestra Solo voices, SATB chorus, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Org - Grade 4

SKU: CA.2732200

Composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Edited by Guido Johannes Joerg. Carus digital: Extra digital products. Full Score. Composed 1835. 304 pages. Duration 65 minutes. Carus Verlag #2732200. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2732200).

ISBN 9790007248406. Latin.

Through works such as Verdi’s Requiem or Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, we know that the great composers of Italian bel canto opera also wrote marvelous sacred music. Yet most of these pieces are rarely performed. This is also true of Gaetano Donizetti’s Messa di Requiem, which he composed as an expression of grief at the early death of Vincenzo Bellini in 1835. Neither performed nor printed during Donizetti’s lifetime, the Requiem is ripe for rediscovery. A rich and highly intense work, it features dramatic choruses with full orchestra, fugues, and a cappella passages that alternate with lengthy cantilenas for the soloists. These solo cantilenas are often scored for three male voices accompanied by low winds to create a dark timbre. The soprano and alto soloists do not themselves sing any solo arias, instead remaining part of the solo ensemble.

Carus is offering a critical edition of this editorially challenging work complete with vocal score, choral score, and all orchestral parts.