Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Requiem (S.12)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Requiem (S.12)
Foreign language / English title
Requiem (S.12)
Year of composition
1868

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
2 T., 2 B. solo - male choir - 2 tr. (ad lib.), 2 trb. (ad lib.) - org. - timp. (ad lib.)
Duration
51 min

Movements, parts
1. Requiem aeternum
2. Dies irae
3. Offertorium
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei
6. Libera me

Text
liturgical
Language
Latin
Premiere information
17 October 1869, Lemberg, Germany; (uncertain)
Publisher / Source
Repos, Paris © 1869 (without ´Libera me´)

Edition Kahnt, Leipzig © 1871 (complete)

Editio Musica Budapest © 1976, Z. 7887
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 11267-2, 1986 - Alfonz Bartha (T.), Sándor Palcsó (T.), Zsolt Bende (Bar.), Péter Kovács (B.), Hungarian Army Male Chorus, Sándor Margittay (org.), János Ferencsik (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1867 - 1868 (´Libera me´ composed in 1871)