German Requiem
Bearbeitung für Klavier zu vier Händen durch den Komponisten op. 45, 1868
This edition is a purely instrumental arrangement by the composer with which the work can be performed alone, without vocal parts, on the piano in domestic music-making. The vocal parts are incorporated in such a way that they blend seamlessly into the piano writing, sometimes acquiring a different musical color when transposed to a different octave. For performances of the work with voices and accompaniment for two pianos, please refer to the arrangement of the work by Brahms’s contemporary August Grüters (1841-1911, published as Carus 23.006/03).
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Composer
Johannes Brahms
| 1833-1897Johannes Brahms' study of musical tradition was of crucial importance to his output: he combined church modes, canonic technique, Baroque style and diction, Bach's counterpoint and Beethoven's thematic-motivic work with the harmonic and expressive achievements of Romanticism to form his own distinctive style. In this respect his choral songs and vocal quartets (e.g. the “Liebeslieder Waltzes” and “New Liebeslieder Waltzes”), often to folk song texts, in which a musical microcosm unfolds, are examplary. His “Deutsches Requiem”, available from Carus in several different versions, constitutes one of the most fascinating confessions of faith in the history of music. Personal details
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Editor
Wolfgang Hochstein
| 1950
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Are two full scores necessary for a performance of the work?
No. Both piano voices are written in the full score (Caurs 50.999/00), Secondo is left and Primo on the right side.
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