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• n  a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
• n  a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
• n  a Mass celebrated for the dead

• No other kind of music boasts such ignorance of its subject matter than the requiem.

• dirge
• coronach
• lament
• threnody
• Requiem

News & Articles

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• SSO offers rare chance to hear Britten’s War Requiem
  Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Pro Musica, Northwest Boychoir and soloists Christine Brewer, Anthony Dean Griffey and Ivan Ludlow all join forces to bring Benjamin Britten’s rarely heard War Requiem to Benaroya Hall, June 13 and 15, 2013.
  June 7, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Critic’s pick: Berkshire classical music from Verdi to Curlew River
  If you’re looking for the Berkshires’ No. 1 summer classical-music attraction, you’ll be at Tanglewood on the night of July 27 for Verdi’s Requiem. You’ll go for three reasons.
  June 6, 2013 - Berkshire Eagle

Quotes

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• Lorin Maazel in Forbes
  The moral in Britten's 'War Requiem' I think must be put forth again and again,Maazel said. "The futility of war, the tragedy, the pointlessness of the carnage."
• Owain Arwel Hughes in WalesOnline
  Verdi's Requiem is something very close to my heart - it's one of the greatest works in the choral repertoire,says Hughes. "I enjoying putting different choirs together."
• Ed Harcourt in antiMUSIC.com
  Venturing outside of the world of conventional songs, Harcourt says his references and inspirations run the gamut from "weird electronic music like Autechre and Aphex Twin to Clint Mansell's score for Requiem for a Dream," to "Phillip Glass...