Look up: Requiem

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   Requiem
   [n] - a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead 2. [n] - a Mass celebrated for the dead
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   Requiem
   Re'qui·em noun [ Acc. of Latin requies rest, the first words of the Mass being ' Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,' give eternal rest to them, O lord; prefix re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet , noun , and confer Requin .] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. « We should profane th ...
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   requiem
   1. A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. 'We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls.' (Shak) ... 2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person. ... 3. Rest; quiet; peace. 'Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms of peace forever sl ...
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   Requiem
   noun a Mass celebrated for the dead
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   Requiem
   The `Requiem` (from Latin `requiem`, accusative case of `requies`, rest) or Requiem Mass (informally, a funeral Mass), also known formally (in Latin) as the `Missa pro defunctis` or `Missa defunctorum`, is a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church, Anglo-Catholic and High Church Anglicans, as well as certain Lutheran Churches in the United States. There is also a requiem, with a wholly different ritual form and texts, that is observed in ...
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   Requiem
   • (n.) Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person. • (n.) Rest; quiet; peace. • (n.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.
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   Requiem
   (from the article `Süssmayr, Franz Xaver`) Austrian composer best known in the 20th century for having completed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart`s Requiem (K 626).Constanze Mozart was anxious to have the requiem completed, as a fee was due; it had been commissioned, in memory of his wife, by Count von ... ...wrote, Missa a due cori (also k...
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   Requiem
   (from the article `Berlioz, Hector`) ...poets and musicians of the Romantic movement, including Alfred de Vigny and Chopin. It was there that Berlioz`s only child, Louis, was born and ... ...programmatic in character. He called on large forces to express his musical ideas, an idea that persisted throughout the 19th century and into the ...
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   Requiem
   (from the article `Haydn, Michael`) ...church music than his brother. Of the many masses he wrote, Missa a due cori (also known as Missa Hispanica; 1786) is an outstanding work for ...
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    Requiem
    (from the article `Performing Arts`) ...final part of Schaufuss`s `rock` trilogy, following his earlier works to music by Elvis Presley and the Beatles. A month later the Royal Danish ...
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    requiem
    requiem Rest. A Mass for the dead. A Roman Catholic Church term. Units of mottoes and proverbs listed by groups: A to X.
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    requiem
    requiem (rek'wēum, rē'–, rā'–) [Lat.,=rest], proper Mass for the souls of the dead, performed on All Souls' Day and at funerals. The reformation of Roman Catholic liturgy following the Second Vatican Council (see Vatican Council, Second) has modified the tra...
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