Britten War Requiem

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gptkbp:instanceOf musical composition
gptkbp:author gptkb:Wilfred_Owen
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Classical_Album
gptkb:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Choral_Performance
gptkb:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Classical_Composition
gptkbp:commissionedBy consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Michael_Halliday
gptkb:David_Gill
gptkb:Peter_Peers
gptkb:Piers_Dunkerley
gptkb:Roger_Burney
gptkbp:duration about 85 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformanceBaritone gptkb:Dietrich_Fischer-Dieskau
gptkbp:firstPerformanceSoprano gptkb:Galina_Vishnevskaya
gptkbp:firstPerformanceTenor gptkb:Peter_Pears
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Meredith_Davies
gptkbp:genre gptkb:choral_music
requiem
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Britten War Requiem
gptkbp:incorporatesPoetryBy gptkb:Wilfred_Owen
gptkbp:influencedBy World War I poetry
destruction of Coventry Cathedral in World War II
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
English
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Dies_irae
gptkb:Libera_me
gptkb:Agnus_Dei
gptkb:Sanctus
Offertorium
Requiem aeternam
gptkbp:notableRecording Decca 1963 recording conducted by Britten
gptkbp:premiereDate 1962-05-30
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Coventry_Cathedral
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Boosey_&_Hawkes
gptkbp:scoredFor gptkb:choral_music
gptkb:orchestra
gptkb:organization
boys' choir
full orchestra
baritone solo
soprano solo
tenor solo
gptkbp:structure six movements
gptkbp:subject anti-war
gptkbp:text gptkb:Latin_Requiem_Mass
gptkbp:yearComposed 1961
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vienna_Philharmonic
gptkb:The_Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5