Requiem. Version for small orchestra
op. 48, 1889
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Composer
Gabriel Fauré
| 1845-1924French composer, 1845-1924.
He was a pupil of Camille Saint-Saëns and studied at the Paris School of Sacred Music. Fauré worked as an organist and choirmaster and gave piano lessons and recitals in Parisian salons. He was able to improvise brilliantly on the piano, which is also reflected in his compositions. He was director of the Paris Conservatoire from 1905 to 1920.
Fauré mainly wrote vocal, piano and chamber music. He is best known for his piano songs for solo voice and his Requiem, which was also performed at his own funeral service.
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Editor
Marc Rigaudière
Marc Rigaudière is a professor of musicology at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) and at the Center for Research and Higher Education in Cultural History (CERHiC) there. As early as 1993, Marc Rigaudière was the first prize-winner in the subject of musical analysis at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP). This was followed by a doctorate from the University of Paris Sorbonne in 2002 and a habilitation in 2019. Marc Rigaudière has held teaching positions at various universities, including the conservatory in Metz and the Sorbonne in Paris. His main fields of research are music theory and musical analysis, among other things, he is concerned with Franco-German cultural transfer in the field of music theory. Since 2002, he has devoted himself to the scholarly editing of musical works in collaboration with Carus-Verlag. His complete list of publications can be found here: https://cv.hal.science/marc-rigaudiere Personal details
Reviews
[...] Konkurrenzlos ist die von Rigaudière rekonstruierte Fassung von Faurés Requiem mit kleinerer Besetzung, die im Carus-Verlag erschienen ist. [...] Manche brieflichen Äußerungen des Komponisten deuten darauf hin, dass diese Fassung ohne Flöten, Klarinetten und Fagotte und mit nur zwei (statt vier) Hörnern seinen Klangvorstellungen noch näher kam als die spätere (wohl auf Drängen seines Verlegers Hamelle angefertigte) sinfonische Version. [...]
Sven Hiemke, Musik & Kirche, Nr. 5/2011
… das Requiem zählt zu den zugänglicheren Chorwerken … und ist durch die variablen Besetzungsgrößen in nahezu jeder Chorstärke aufführbar.
Kirchenmusik im Bistum Limburg, 10/2024
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