The Book of Requiems, 1815–1900

Reference work for musicologists, music theorists, performers, and music lovers.

Few western musical repertories speak more to the imagination than the Requiem mass for the dead. Yet, surprisingly, despite the significance of Requiem settings for our musical culture, the literature concerning them is sparse. The Book of Requiems presents the most important works in this tradition, from the origins of the genre up to the present day. Each chapter is devoted to a specific Requiem, and offers both historical information and a detailed work discussion. . Conceived as a multi-volume essay collection by leading experts, the Book of Requiems is an authoritative reference publication intended as a first port-of-call for musicologists, music theorists, and performers both professional and student.

The present volume treats select Requiem masses of the nineteenth century, an age when the genre went beyond a strictly liturgical function and became adapted to the modern concert hall.

John Koslovsky

John Koslovsky is Assistant Professor of Music History, Theory, and Analysis at KU Leuven, where he is Head of the Classical and Romantic period research group.

Steven Vande Moortele

Steven Vande Moortele is hoofddocent muziektheorie en vice-decaan onderzoeksbeleid aan de muziekfaculteit van de University of Toronto, waar hij ook directeur is van het Centre for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Music.

Steven Vande Moortele is Professor of Music Theory at the University of Toronto, where he is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Music.

Annelies Andries

Annelies Andries is universitair docent muziekwetenschap aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Ze werkt ook regelmatig samen met musici en acteurs rondom het heropvoeren van ‘vergeten’, historisch repertoire.

Claudio Bacciagaluppi

Jean-Pierre Bartoli

Andrew Deruchie

Jeremy Dibble

Nicole Grimes

Steven Huebner

Ellen Lockhart

Ilaria Narici

Stephen Rumph

Martin Skamletz

Laura Tunbridge