Dittersdorf: Vocal Works
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| Title | Year | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Litaniae laurentanae in D major, for voice, chorus and orchestra | ||
| Motetto pro Offertorio in honorem St. Joanis Nepomuceni, for voice, chorus and orchestra | ||
| Requiem in C minor, for voice, chorus and orchestra |
Music for the Requiem Mass is any music that accompanies the Requiem, or Mass for the Dead, in the Catholic Church. This church service has inspired hundreds of compositions, including settings by Victoria, Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Fauré, Dvořák, Duruflé and Britten. For centuries settings of the Mass for the Dead were to be chanted in liturgical service monophonically. Later the settings became polyphonic, Victoria's famous 1605 a cappella work being an example. By Mozart's time (1791) it was standard to embed the dramatic and long Dies irae (Day of Wrath) sequence, and to score with orchestra. Eventually many settings of the Requiem, not least Verdi's (1874), were essentially concert pieces unsuitable for church service. |