Requiem for Mignon

Requiem for Mignon (German: ) is a six part musical composition by Robert Schumann for a choir and orchestra. The work was first made in 1849 and first played in 1851. The work is 13 minutes long.

 Development 
Schumann was interested in Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Schuman was more interested in a character named Mignon, a young woman created out of incest. The year of the requiem's creation was exactly 100 years after Goethe's birth, and Schumann said this in several of his writings.

Schumann made the requiem on July 2 and 3, 1849 and completed its orchestration in September of the same year. The requiem was first played in a concert for Düsseldorf Allgemeiner Musikverein on November 21, 1951.

 Content 
Requiem for Mignon shows only Mignon's funeral at the end of the book. This is different than other requiems. 

Schumann ends the requiem before Mignon's past is found out. 

 Structure 
The work has of 6 parts, also called movements, that play without stopping:

 Performances 
Some performances of the work are:

 Bernhard Klee, Conductor Schumann - Requiem Op.148, Requiem Für Mignon Op.98b + P° (reference recording: Bernhard Klee)
 Chamber Orchestra of Europe, January 1, 1992 Schumann: Requiem für Mignon, Op. 98b - I. Langsam feierlich Schumann: Requiem für Mignon, Op. 98b - VI. Lebhaft
 Michael  Corboz, Conductor, 1998 Schumann : Requiem for Mignon Op.98b
 William Dazeley, Conductor, January 1, 2010. Schumann: Requiem für Mignon aus Goethes "Wilhelm Meister", Op.98b For Soloists, Chorus And...
 Conservatory of Innsbruch Choir, January 1, 2011 Schumann - Requiem für Mignon Op. 98B

 References 

Category:Compositions by Robert Schumann
Category:Choral compositions
Category:Requiems
Category:1840s compositions