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Berlioz's Grande Messe des morts
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Berlioz's_Grande_Messe_des_morts
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
cathedral
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
cathedral
gptkbp:commissionedBy
gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:composer
gptkb:Hector_Berlioz
gptkbp:criticalReception
acclaimed for innovation and scale
gptkbp:dedicatedTo
gptkb:General_Damrémont
gptkbp:duration
approximately 90 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed
gptkb:Les_Invalides,_Paris
5 December 1837
gptkbp:form
Requiem Mass
gptkbp:genre
Sacred choral music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Berlioz's Grande Messe des morts
gptkbp:influenced
later large-scale choral works
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:movement
10
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Lacrimosa
gptkb:Tuba_mirum
gptkb:Dies_irae
large orchestra
expanded percussion
four brass bands
large chorus
gptkbp:opusNumber
Op. 5
gptkbp:orchestration
very large forces
gptkbp:publishedBy
gptkb:Brandus
gptkbp:purpose
commemoration of soldiers killed in the July Revolution of 1830
gptkbp:recordedAt
many orchestras and conductors
gptkbp:soloists
soprano
gptkbp:supportsLanguage
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:yearComposed
1837
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:cathedral
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4