Requiem et Kyrie

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Requiem et Kyrie is the solemn opening movement of Hector Berlioz’s Grande messe des morts, introducing the work’s liturgical text and dramatic musical atmosphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral movement
opening movement
sacred music movement
associatedComposerNationality French
catalogueAssociation Op. 5 (Grande messe des morts) NERFINISHED
composer Hector Berlioz NERFINISHED
dateOfComposition 1837
followsInScore title page of Grande messe des morts
functionInWork establishes dramatic atmosphere
introduces liturgical text
genre Requiem movement
historicalPeriod Romantic era NERFINISHED
includesText Kyrie eleison
Requiem aeternam NERFINISHED
key D minor
language Latin
liturgicalFunction Requiem
liturgicalSection Introit
Kyrie
mood austere
solemn
notableFeature dramatic dynamic contrasts
massive choral sonorities
orchestral color typical of Berlioz
openingText Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine
orchestration brass
large orchestra
percussion
strings
woodwinds
partOf Grande messe des morts NERFINISHED
performanceContext concert
liturgical service
placeInLiturgicalOrder beginning of the Mass for the Dead
positionInWork first movement
precededByInLiturgy Introductory rites of the Mass
tempoCharacter slow
textSource Roman Catholic Requiem Mass NERFINISHED
texture predominantly homophonic
with contrapuntal passages
vocalForces mixed chorus
tenor soloist
workNumberInProgrammes I

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Grande messe des morts movement Requiem et Kyrie