Dies Irae
Subtitle: A Guide to Requiem Music
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 736
ISBN-13: 9780810846647
Subjects: Reference works; Sacred & religious music; Requiems; Reference; Religion - Church Music; Music; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; Genres & Styles - Classical; Religious - Christian; Music / Classical; History and criticism; Christianity - Ritual & Practice
Description: "The bulk of the guide is a description of 250 requiems. Each entry includeds a concise biography of the composer and a description of the composition, including details of voicing, orchestration, editions, and discography. An extensive bibliography lists dictionaries, encyclopedias, prayer books, monographs, and articles, and an appendix lists more than 1700 requiems not discussed within the main text."--Jacket.