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The Requiem, op. 9, by Maurice Duruflé was commissioned in 1947 by the French music publisher Durand and is written in memory of the composer's father. The work is for mixed choir with mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists. It exists in three orchestrations: one for organ alone, one for organ with string orchestra, and one for organ and full orchestra.
At the time the commission arrived, Duruflé was working on an organ suite using themes from Gregorian chants. Duruflé incorporated his sketches for that work into the Requiem, which uses many themes from the Gregorian "Mass for the Dead." Nearly all the thematic material in the work comes from chant.
The work is set in nine movements. Interestingly, the Dies irae text, perhaps the most famous portion of the Requiem mass, is not set as a movement by itself as usual. Overall, however, Duruflé chose the calmer and more meditative texts from the requiem.
In the full score, the fifth movement, "Pie Jesu," has the only solo for the mezzo-soprano; in addition, even in the "organ-only" version of the Requiem, there is an obbligato cello solo. The baritone soloist has parts in the third movement, "Domine Jesu Christe," and the penultimate movement, "Libera me."
Duruflé left indications in the score that, for the baritone soloist at least, it was preferable to have the choir sing the solos instead. This has resulted in various forces being used in different recordings, some with both soloists, some with only the mezzo-soprano, and some (such as Robert Shaw's Telarc recording) using no soloists at all.
Structure
Like many requiems, Duruflé's omits the Gradual and the Tract, but also omits the Dies irae equence. It includes the motet Pie Jesu and two texts from the burial service, Libera me and In Paradisum. In this way, structurally Duruflé's Requiem mirrors Fauré's in almost every way.
- Introit
- Kyrie
- Domine Jesu Christe (Offertory)
- Sanctus – Benedictus
- Pie Jesu
- Agnus Dei
- Lux aeterna (Communion)
- Libera me
- In Paradisum
External links
- Oestreich, Jamer R. (November 16, 1989). "Review/Music; Maurice Durufle Requiem Opens 3-Part Retrospective". The New York Times.
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