Johannes Brahms.
Almost every composer of renown has one. Mozart and Leonard Bernstein each have famous ones.
Brahms's most famous piece is the Lullaby, but Hungarian Dance No. 5 is pretty famous too.
Brahms
This is not an orthodox or liturgical Requiem, and Brahms didn't have traditional religious views; he chose his own texts, and set German texts rather than Latin ones. The piece in its final seven-movement form developed over a period of time, the fifth movement (soprano solo) being the last to be composed.
It is Brahms' Requiem, also know as A German Requiem.
One likely reason Johannes Brahms wrote A German Requiem was to mourn the death of his beloved mother. A German Requiem was written shortly after his mother's death in 1865.
Ivan Ditmars composed the Brahms paraphrase heard in "Requiem for Methuselah" .
Johannes Brahms.
Do you mean "What is the German Requiem"? If you do, then it's a famous musical masterpiece by German composer Johannes Brahms.
Almost every composer of renown has one. Mozart and Leonard Bernstein each have famous ones.
Michael Musgrave has written: 'George Grove, Music and Victorian Culture' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation 'A Brahms Reader' -- subject(s): Composers, Biography 'Brahms, A German requiem' 'The music of Brahms' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation
Brahms's most famous piece is the Lullaby, but Hungarian Dance No. 5 is pretty famous too.
Brahms
This is not an orthodox or liturgical Requiem, and Brahms didn't have traditional religious views; he chose his own texts, and set German texts rather than Latin ones. The piece in its final seven-movement form developed over a period of time, the fifth movement (soprano solo) being the last to be composed.
Many of his compositions are famous. Here are just a few examples: the four symphonies, the four concertos, 'Cradle Song', the German Requiem.
Brahms's violin concerto was written by Brahms. The clue is in its name: the 'Brahms' violin concerto.