Dies Irae: A Guide to Requiem Music

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Автор: Robert Chase

Название: Dies Irae: A Guide to Requiem Music

Издательство: Scarecrow Press

ISBN: 978-0810846647

Год: 2003

Количество страниц: 730

Формат: PDF

Размер: 40 Mb

Язык: English

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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.