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Requiem (Berlioz)
TheGrande Messe des morts(orRequiem),Op. 5, byHector Berliozwas composed in 1837. TheGrande Messe des Mortsis one of Berlioz's best-known works, with a tremendousorchestrationofwoodwindandbrass instruments, including fourantiphonaloffstagebrass ensembles. The work derives its text from the traditionalLatinRequiem Mass. It has a duration of approximately ninety minutes, although there are faster recordings of under seventy-five minutes.
History
In 1837,Adrien de Gasparin, theMinister of the Interiorof France, asked Berlioz to compose a Requiem Mass to remember soldiers who died in theRevolution of July 1830. Berlioz accepted the request, having already wanted to compose a large orchestral work. Meanwhile, theorchestrawas growing in size and quality, and the use of woodwinds and brass was expanding due to the increasing ease of intonation afforded by modern instruments. Berlioz later wrote, "if I were threatened with the destruction of the whole of my works save one, I should crave mercy for theMesse des morts."[1]That performance to commemorate the soldiers who died in the 1830 Revolution was cancelled. Soon a ceremony commemorating the death ofGeneral Damrémontand the soldiers killed at theSiege of Constantineprovided the occasion for the premiere atLes Invalides, conducted byFrançois Habeneckon 5 December 1837
In his autobiographicalMémoires, Berlioz claimed that Habeneck put down his baton during the dramatic "Tuba mirum" (part of the "Dies irae"movement) while he took a pinch of snuff,[2]prompting the composer to rush to the podium to conduct the rest of the work himself, thereby saving the performance from disaster. The premiere was a complete success.[3]
Berlioz revised the work twice in his life, first in 1852, making the final revisions in 1867, only two years before his death.