Dies Irae

A Guide to Requiem Music

By: Robert Chase

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Hardcover | 27 June 2003

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Since time immemorial, the response of the living to death has been to commemorate the life of the departed through ceremonies and rituals. For nearly two millennia, the Christian quest for eternal peace has been expressed in a poetic-musical structure known as the requiem. Traditional requiem texts, among them the anonymous medieval Latin poem Dies Irae ("Day of Wrath"), have inspired an untold number of composers in different ages and serving different religions, Western and Eastern. This book, the first comprehensive survey of requiem music for nearly half a century, provides a great deal of diverse and detailed information that will be of use to the professional musician, the musical scholar, the choral conductor, the theologian and liturgist, and the general reader. The main body of the guide is a description of some 250 requiems. Each entry includes a concise biography of the composer and a description of the composition. Details of voicing, orchestration, editions, and discography are given. An extensive bibliography includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, prayer books, monographs, and articles. An appendix lists more than 1700 requiems not discussed within the main text.

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If Chase is correct that there are between 2,000 and 2,500 "requiem settings" in existence, he has pulled together a compendium of most of them.The book is a valuable resource for that reason alone. * Worship *
The reference value of this work cannot be denied... -- Haig Mardirosian * The American Organist, January 2004 *
...the fruit of patient and careful, thorough and exhaustive scholarship...no description in a review such as this can begin to do it justice...Dr. Chase's study is an especially welcome addition to the literature. -- John Ogasapian * The Diapason, November 2003 *
...helpful for performers and theologians as well as those interested in music and church history. -- Michael B. Shavelson * Bostonia, Winter 2003-2004 *
Dr. Chase has not missed anything in this one-of-a-kind, voluminous, comprehensive guide...This is a cornucopia of information: Everything thing is there...well worth the inclusion on the active shelves of libraries, musicians, liturgists, and general readers. -- William Tortolano * Pastoral Music, March 2004 *
Chase offers a broad, detailed survey of over 200 requiems and requiem-like compositions from the era of early Western chant to the present. Recommended. All music collections. * CHOICE *

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Christianity Christian Worship, Rites & Ceremonies Arts & Entertainment Music Music Styles & Genres Sacred & Religious Music Western Classical Music & Opera Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works Reference Works

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Gregorian Requiem Mass	p. 1
The Polyphonic Corsican Requiem	p. 11
The Renaissance and the Franco-Flemish School	p. 13
The High Renaissance	p. 37
The Baroque Requiem	p. 89
The Symphonic Requiem	p. 183
Romanticism	p. 237
The Twentieth Century	p. 307
Dies Irae	p. 509
Ein Deutsches Requiem: The German Requiem	p. 527
The Anglican Requiem	p. 567
The Byzantine-Greek Requiem	p. 581
The Russian Orthodox Panikhida	p. 593
The Serbian Orthodox Requiem: Opelo	p. 627
The Armenian Orthodox Requiem	p. 637
Dies Irae Melodies	p. 645
More Liturgical Requiems	p. 649
Bibliography	p. 689
Composer Index	p. 701
About the Author	p. 705
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