For the film adaptation of this work, see War Requiem (film).
War Requiem
by Benjamin Britten
Interior of the new Coventry Cathedral, where the Requiem was first performed
Opus
66
Occasion
Consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral
Text
Requiem
Poems by Wilfred Owen
Language
Latin
English
Composed
1961 (1961)–1962
Dedication
Roger Burney
Piers Dunkerley
David Gill
Michael Halliday
Performed
30 May 1962 (1962-05-30)
Scoring
soprano
tenor
baritone
mixed choir
boys' choir
organ
orchestra
chamber orchestra
The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a British choral and orchestral composition by Benjamin Britten, composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962.[1] The War Requiem was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid. The traditional Latin texts are interspersed, in telling juxtaposition, with extra-liturgical poems by Wilfred Owen, written during World War I.
Britten scored the work for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus, boys' choir, organ, and two orchestras (a full orchestra and a chamber orchestra). The chamber orchestra accompanies the intimate settings of the English poetry, while soprano, choirs and orchestra are used for the Latin sections; all forces are combined in the conclusion. The Requiem has a duration of approximately 80–85 minutes. In 2019, War Requiem was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]
^Philip Reed "The War Requiem in Progress" in Britten: War Requiem by Mervyn Cooke (1996).
^Andrews, Travis M. (20 March 2019). "Jay-Z, a speech by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' among recordings deemed classics by Library of Congress". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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