Brahms: A German Requiem (Score)

This is Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem “A German Requiem”
Performed by: University of Chicago Orchestra
Soprano: Kimberly Jones
Baritone: Jeffrey Ray
I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen: 0:00
II. Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras: 9:17
III. Herr, lehre doch mich: 23:15
IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen: 32:43
V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit: 37:42
VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt: 44:09
VII. Selig sind die Toten: 55:55
A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures by Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soprano and baritone soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest composition. A German Requiem is sacred but non-liturgical, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is a Requiem in the German language. Brahms's mother died in February 1865, a loss that caused him much grief and may well have inspired Ein deutsches Requiem. Brahms's lingering feelings over Robert Schumann's death in July 1856 may also have been a motivation, though his reticence about such matters makes this uncertain. His original conception was for a work of six movements; according to their eventual places in the final version, these were movements I-IV and VI-VII. By the end of April 1865, Brahms had completed the first, second, and fourth movements. The second movement used some previously abandoned musical material written in 1854 and of Brahms's move to Düsseldorf to assist Clara Schumann and her young children. Brahms completed all but what is now the fifth movement by August 1866. In May 1868 Brahms composed an additional movement, which became the fifth movement within the final work. The new movement, which was scored for soprano soloist and choir, was first sung in Zürich on the 12th of September 1868. I hope you enjoy!
The score in this video is in the public domain, and was downloaded from imslp.org
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