Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Johannes Brahms)
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- Editors: Philip Legge and Andrew Raiskums (added 2006-06-06). Score information: will be A4, lots of pages, big! Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: the organ part is from Andrew Raiskums's re-orchestration of the German Requiem (for 2 horns, 3 trombones, timpani, and organ); hence it will not include the entire orchestration.
General Information
Title: Ein deutsches Requiem
Subtitle: nach Worten der heiligen Schrift
für Soli, Chor und Orchester (Orgel ad libitum)
Opus Number: 45
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Movements:
- Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
- Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
- Herr, lehre doch mich, daß ein Ende mit mir haben muß (with Baritone solo)
- Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!
- Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (with Soprano solo)
- Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt (with Baritone solo)
- Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
, with Soprano and Baritone solos.
Genre: Sacred, Requiem
Language: German
Instruments: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon ad lib, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 3 timpani, harp, violins à 3, violas à 3, violoncellos à 3, contrabasses à 2, organ ad lib.
Published: Leipzig, 1868.
Description: Brahms' German Requiem is his greatest choral work and possibly the best known work in its genre (that is, of Requiems outside the traditional settings of the Latin requiem mass).
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Original text and translations
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Ein deutsches Requiem | A German Requiem |
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Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Psalm 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 126:6 They that goeth forth and weep, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them. |
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1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the morning and evening rain. Be patient therefore: 1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 1 Peter 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. |
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Psalm 39:4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. Psalm 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee. Psalm 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Psalm 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee. Wisdom of Solomon 3:1 The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God and there shall no torment touch them. |
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Psalm 84:1 How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! Psalm 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Psalm 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will always be praising thee. |
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John 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. Ecclesiasticus 51:27 Behold with your eyes, how that I have but little labour, and have gotten unto me much rest. Isaiah 66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you. |
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Hebrews 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 1 Cor.15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 1 Cor.15:54 Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor.15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. |
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Revelation 14:13 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. |