基本説明
In this new handbook, David Rosen discusses the work's composition and performance history, and analyses each of the seven movements, considering Verdi's interpretation of the liturgical text, with reference to settings by Mozart and Cherubini.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The genesis of the Messa da Requiem per
l'Anniversario della morte di Manzoni 22 maggio
1874
2. The premiere, subsequent performance
history, and performance practices
3. Requiem e Kyrie
4. Dies irae
5. Offertorio
6. Sanctus
7. Agnus Dei
8. Lux aeterna
9. The Libera me and its genesis
10. Two revisions
11. The 'unità
musicale' of the Requiem
12. A question of genre
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
