Grande messe des morts (Requiem), H 75 (Berlioz, Hector)

		Movements/Sections 10 movements I. Requiem et Kyrie. Introït II. Dies iræ. Prose – Tuba mirum III. Quid sum miser IV. Rex tremendæ V. Quærens me VI. Lacrimosa VII. Offertoire. Chœur des âmes du Purgatoire VIII. Hostias IX. Sanctus X. Agnus Dei Composition Year March 1837 – 29 June 1837 Genre Categories Requiems; Funeral music; Religious works; Masses; For voice, mixed chorus, brass, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring brass ensemble; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Latin language

Scores

• Full Scores (11)
• Parts (15)
• Vocal Score (2)

Full Scores

Complete Work

 Complete Score
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Daphnis (15 March 2010)

Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Publisher Info.:

Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie IV, Band 7.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–1907. Plate H.B. 25

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 I. Requiem et Kyrie. Introït (EU)
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 II. Dies iræ. Prose – Tuba mirum (EU)
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Madcapellan (13 July 2011)

 III. Quid sum miser (EU)
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Madcapellan (13 July 2011)

 IV. Rex tremendae (EU)
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Madcapellan (13 July 2011)

 V. Quærens me (EU)
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 VI. Lacrimosa (EU)
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Madcapellan (13 July 2011)

 VII. Offertoire. Chœur des âmes du purgatoire (EU)
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 VIII. Hostias (EU)
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 IX. Sanctus (EU)
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 X. Agnus Dei (EU)
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Madcapellan (13 July 2011)

Editor:

Jürgen Kindermann

Publisher Info.:

New Berlioz Edition, Volume 9.
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1978. Plate BA 5449 (issued 1978)

This “urtext” or “scholarly” (scientific) edition was published at least 25 years ago in Germany and thus is public domain in its country of origin. Such editions are also public domain in Canada because they fail to meet the minimum ‘threshold of originality’ to qualify for copyright as an ‘adaptation’. It may not be public domain elsewhere, however. More information about this can be found here.
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Parts

Complete Work

 Flutes I (2), II (2)
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Perlnerd666 (6 December 2009)

 Oboe 1, 2
English Horn 1/2
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 Clarinets I (2), II (2) (in B♭, A)
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 Bassoons I (4), II (4)
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 Horns I (3 in C, E♭, E, F)
Horns II (3 in C, F, D, E)
Horns III (3 in E♭, G, A, B♭)
Horns IV (3 in E♭, G, C, B♭)
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Perlnerd666 (6 December 2009)

 Brass Orchestra I: Cornets (4 in B♭, A)
Brass Orchestra II: Trumpets 1 (2 in F, D, E) / 2 (2 in E♭, D, E)
Brass Orchestra III: Trumpets (4 in E♭)
Brass Orchestra IV: Trumpets (4 in B♭, C)
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Perlnerd666 (6 December 2009)

 Tenor Trombones, Orchestras I (4), II (4), III (4), IV (4)
Tubas, Orchestras I (2), IV (5)
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 Timpani (12*)
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 Bass Drum 1, 2, Tam-Tams (4), Cymbals (10)
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 Violins I (25)
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 Violins II (25)
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 Violas (20)
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 Cellos (20)
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Generoso (4 January 2009)

 Basses (18)
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Perlnerd666 (6 December 2009)

Editor:

Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1910), plate O.B. 4934

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933)

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* The Timpani parts in the Malherbe/Weingartner edition have been re-arranged from Berlioz’s specification of 16 drums to be played on 12 (6 pairs) by 6 players.
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 Timpani (16*)
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Philip Legge (29 July 2010)

Editor:

Philip Legge (1972*)

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IMSLP, 29 July 2010

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* The original Timpani parts following Berlioz’s specification of 16 drums (8 pairs) to be played by 10 players.

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Vocal Score

Complete Work

 Complete Score
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operalala (15 September 2009)

Arranger:

Leopold Damrosch (1832–1885), piano reduction

Language:

Latin

Publisher Info.:

New York: G. Schirmer, 1866, plate 1

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 Complete score
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Reinhold Kainhofer (1 July 2008)

Arranger:

Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917), piano reduction

Language:

Latin

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900. Plate No. V.A. 1791.
Reissue – Vienna: Universal Edition.

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General Information

Work Title	Grande messe des morts
Alternative Title	»Requiem«

Composer	Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number	Œuvre 5, H 75
Movements/Sections	10 movements I. Requiem et Kyrie. Introït II. Dies iræ. Prose – Tuba mirum III. Quid sum miser IV. Rex tremendæ V. Quærens me VI. Lacrimosa VII. Offertoire. Chœur des âmes du Purgatoire VIII. Hostias IX. Sanctus X. Agnus Dei
Year/Date of Composition	March 1837 – 29 June 1837
First Performance	Paris, Invalides, 5 December 1837, conducted by François Antoine Habeneck
First Publication	1838
Librettist	Traditional text, slightly altered by Berlioz
Language	Latin (and Greek, Kyrie)
Dedication	Comte Adrien de Gasparin
Average Duration	90 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Solo: Tenor – Choir: SSTTBB – 4 Brass orchestras: 0,12+4cornet,16,2+4oph – Main orchestra: 4,2+2ca,4,8 – 12,0,0,0 – timp(10),perc(8) – str 25,25,20,20,18

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Publication History

• Paris: Schlesinger, 1838 (full score)
• Milan: Ricordi, 1854 (second edition, incorporating some revisions), republished 1867
• Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. (1902), as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie IV, Abtheilung I, Band VII, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartner
• Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1978, BA 5449, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 9, edited by Jürgen Kindermann

Re-issue: 1992, TP 332 (study score)

Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1992, BA 5449a (vocal score), edited by M. Töpel and D. Woodfull-Harris

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