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Messa da Requiem for the Anniversary of the Death of Manzoni, 22 May 1874 (The Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Series III: Sacred Music)
Messa da Requiem for the Anniversary of the Death of Manzoni 22 May 1874 - The Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Series III: Sacred Music Author:Giuseppe Verdi Verdi's Requiem is one of the most frequently performed works of the choral repertoire, and one of Verdi's most important nonoperatic works. In this new handbook, David Rosen discusses the work's composition and performance history, and analyzes each of the seven movements, considering Verdi's interpretation of the liturgical text, with referen... more »ce to settings by Mozart and Cherubini. Rosen also considers the work's coherence and the controversial issue of its generic status--the degree to which it is "operatic."« less