SATB Choir and Piano
SKU: HL.14018437
Composed by Luigi
Cherubini. Music Sales
America. Sacred. Part.
Music Sales #NOV950631.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14018437).
The Requiem
Mass in C Minor,
Cherubini's first, was
commissioned for the
anniversary of the
execution of Louis XVI by
the restored French
monarchy. The Requiem was
highly admired by the
public and critics as
well as by Mendelssohn,
Berlioz and Beethoven.
Cherubini sets a solemn
tone right from the
beginning by using the
lower Strings and winds
only to accompany the
Voices and continues to
display his inventiveness
with great effectiveness
throughout the work. The
thunder and lightning of
the Dies Irae, the
prayerful pianissimo
sections of the Agnus Dei
accompanied by ostinato,
the complete lack of
soloists are all
remarkable elements of
this historically
importantwork.Luigi
Cherubini was a composer,
conductor, teacher,
administrator and music
publisher who, though
born in Italy, dominated
the musical world of
Paris for nearly five
decades. His composing
life can be divided very
roughly into to phases:
the operatic phase during
the French Revolutionary
period and the equally
successful religious
music phase at the
beginning of the
Restoration afterwards.
His directorship of the
Paris Conservatoire
strengthened its position
at the peak of musical
education on the
Continent.
Cherubini
