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JohannesBrahms

A German Requiem
op. 45

A German Requiem
op. 45
obtainable from

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Status as of September 2020. Errors excepted.
B+H 44

JohannesBrahms

Johannes Brahms

People’s Requiem

A German Requiem op. 45

authoritative music text based on the current state of research

for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra

Urtext from the new Brahms Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
Editors: Michael Struck & Michael Musgrave
PB 16109 Score

OB 16109 Orchestral parts

erroneous traditional readings corrected
orchestra material tried and tested
new piano vocal score (compact engraving, clear legibility)

EB 9362 Piano vocal score by the composer

The German Requiem is one of the world’s most famous requiems, even though it does not set
the customary requiem text to music. Brahms did not want to follow the Latin Catholic funeral mass,addressing the Last Judgment’s terror and sinful human beings’ redemption through death on the cross.
His attention, on the contrary, was on Biblical texts that focus on human transience and comfort:
comfort to the bereaved and comfort to all who fear death. To some extent, it could be called
the epitome of Brahms‘s work.
In the relevant volume of the new Brahms Complete Edition, on which this new practical edition is based,
editors Michael Struck and Michael Musgrave clear up all sorts of “legends,” errors, and erroneous readings.
Brahms’s subsequent minor compositional changes are taken into account, poor decisions inprevious editions are corrected, and the Bible texts sung contain writing and meaning corrections.
Thus, this Urtext edition creates a fresh perspective on the “People’s Requiem,” as Brahms would havepreferred to call the composition.

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JohannesBrahmsA German Requiem
op. 45

A German Requiem
op. 45
obtainable from

Design & Typeset
RAUM ZWEI | Leipzig
Status as of September 2020. Errors excepted.
B+H 44

Johannes
Brahms