Look up: Requiem

1. Requiem
   [n] - a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead 2. [n] - a Mass celebrated for the dead
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2. 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...
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3. 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 etern...
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4. Requiem
   noun a Mass celebrated for the dead
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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. requiem
    In the Roman Catholic Church, a Mass for the dead. Musical settings include those by Palestrina, Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Fauré, and Britten
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13. Requiem
    (short story) `"Requiem"` is a short story by Robert A. Heinlein, serving as a sequel to his short science fiction novel, The Man Who Sold the Moon , although it was in fact published several years earlier than that story, in Astounding, January 1940. The story was als...
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14. Requiem
    A `Requiem` or `Requiem Mass`, also known as `Mass for the dead` (Latin: Missa pro defunctis) or `Mass of the dead` (Latin: Missa defunctorum), is Mass celebrated for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular formula of the Roman Missal. It is ...
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15. Requiem
    (Verdi) on 25 May 1874, with Verdi conducting. The soloists depicted are (left to right) Ormondo Maini, Giuseppe Capponi, Maria Waldmann, and Teresa Stolz The `Messa da Requiem` by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) for four soloists, doubl...
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16. Requiem
    (Mozart) Mass in D minor (K. 626). The `Requiem Mass in D minor` (K. 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1791 and left unfinished at the composer`s death. A completion by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who had anonymously commissioned t...
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17. Requiem
    (Fauré) History: Fauré`s reasons for composing his Requiem are uncertain. One possible impetus may have been the death of his father in 1885, and his mother`s death two years later on Ibid-->, 135, also quoted in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and referenced in the e...
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18. Requiem
    (disambiguation) The `Requiem Mass` is a Roman Catholic liturgical service. `Requiem` may also refer to: Compositions: Other music: Literature: Film: Television: Gaming: Other uses:
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19. Requiem
    (book) :This book also contains the short story Requiem by Heinlein. There are other uses of requiem. `Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master` (1992, ISBN 0-312-85168-5, TOR Books) is a retrospective on Robert A. Heinlein (1907â€â€...
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20. Requiem
    (Bathory album) `Requiem` is the seventh album by Bathory. It eschews the viking metal style of the three previous releases for a retro-thrash metal style that recalls many of the bands that influenced Bathory. This album marks the return of Bathory after Quorthon put the band on hold ...
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21. Requiem
    (Berlioz) The `Grande Messe des morts`, `Op. 5` (or `Requiem`) by Hector Berlioz was composed in 1837. The Grande Messe des Morts is one of Berlioz`s best-known works, with a tremendous orchestration of woodwind and brass instruments, including four antiphonal offstage brass ens...
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22. Requiem
    (Lloyd Webber) The work is scored for chorus, three soloists (tenor, soprano, treble) and a large orchestra that includes organ, drum kit, and synthesizer. It was written in 1984; its first performance featuring such major names as Lorin Maazel, Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman (Lloyd Webb...
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23. Requiem
    (Karl Jenkins album) Released in 2005, `Requiem` is an album including two works by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins: his Requiem and In These Stones Horizons Sing. Track listing: :: Requiem #"Introit" – 6:49 #"Dies Irae" – 4:41 #"...
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24. Requiem
    (Duruflé) The `Requiem`, op. 9, by Maurice Duruflé was commissioned in 1947 by the French music publisher Durand and is written in memory of the composer`s father. The work is for SATB choir with mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists. It exists in three orchestrations: one for organ alone...
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25. Requiem
    (typeface) `Requiem` is an old style serif typeface designed by Jonathan Hoefler in 1992 for Travel & Leisure magazine. The typeface takes inspiration from a set of inscriptional capitals found in Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi`s 1523 writing manual, Il Modo de Temperare le Pe...
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