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Johannes Brahms: from the Drei Intermezzi op. 117, no. 1

Romantic Period - post 1848

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem


Johannes Brahms (1833 Hamburg/Germany - 1897 Vienna) was a sceptic when it came to religious matters. He chose a text for his Deutsche Requiem (A German Requiem)(1869) without any references to Christ. In keeping with this attitude, he ends the work not with the glorification of Christ's death as redeemer but rather chooses the unusual phrase Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben, von nun an (Blessed are they who die in the Lord, forevermore). This creates a certain relationship with the Kyrie but one which emphasizes the Sermon on the Mount. Both the text and the musical expression of these movements create a parallel: the circle between the Living and the Dead is complete.

The musical example presents the Kyrie. You should especiall notice the first three notes in the Soprano part because they return in various forms throughout the work and thus give it a unifying thematic element to create cohesion. (E. Stadler)

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© Decca Record London, CD-Nr. 414 627-2: Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem. Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus unter Sir Georg Solti.
Links to other albums:
Encyclopedia of AustriaBrahms, Johannes, Franzisko-josephinische Ära, Messe
Musik-KollegJohannes Brahms

 
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