Berlioz's Requiem

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:choral_music
musical composition
gptkbp:catalogueNumber Op. 5
gptkbp:commissioned commemoration of soldiers killed in the July Revolution of 1830
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Adrien_de_Gasparin
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Hector_Berlioz
gptkbp:dedicatedTo memory of the dead
gptkbp:duration approximately 90 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Les_Invalides,_Paris
5 December 1837
gptkbp:genre Requiem Mass
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Berlioz's Requiem
gptkbp:influenced later large-scale choral works
French grand ceremonial tradition
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Lacrimosa
gptkb:Rex_tremendae
gptkb:Dies_irae
gptkb:Agnus_Dei
gptkb:Sanctus
gptkb:Domine_Jesu_Christe
gptkb:Quaerens_me
gptkb:Requiem_et_Kyrie
Hostias
Quid sum miser
gptkbp:notable_for large orchestra
innovative orchestration
large chorus
dramatic use of spatial effects
expanded percussion section
four brass choirs
gptkbp:notablePerformance Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1959
Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, 1969
gptkbp:orchestration 12 horns
16 timpani
4 offstage brass ensembles
quadruple woodwinds
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Brandus_et_Cie
gptkbp:recordedAt gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:Paul_Paray
gptkb:Riccardo_Muti
gptkb:Sir_Colin_Davis
gptkb:Charles_Munch
gptkbp:soloists soprano
gptkbp:structure 10 movements
gptkbp:text gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Requiem_Mass
gptkbp:title gptkb:Grande_Messe_des_morts
gptkbp:yearComposed 1837
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Latin_Requiem_Mass
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6