| 作曲者 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)・ヨハネス・ブラームス |
| タイトル | Ein deutsches Requiem = A German Requiem Op. 45 (Double Bass Part) |
| サブタイトル | Urtext based on the new Complete Edition |
| 出版社 | Breitkopf & Härtel・ブライトコプフ |
| 楽器編成 | Chorus (with soloists) and orchestra |
| 楽器編成（詳細） | solos: SBar – choir: SATB – pic2.2.2.2.dble bsn.(ad lib) – 4.2.3.1 – timp – 2hp – org(ad lib) – str |
| 品番 | 979-g7a1007de |
| 校訂者 | Michael Musgrave・Michael Struck |
| 形状 | 16 ページ・25 x 32 cm・80 g・stapled |
| 演奏時間 | 75分 |
| 出版番号 | OB 16109-27 |
| ISMN | 979-0004347416 |
| サンプル | https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/haendler/samples/9790004347416.pdf |
The German Requiem is one of the world’s most famous requiems, even though it does not set the customary requiem text to music. Brahms did not want to follow the Latin Catholic funeral mass, addressing the Last Judgment’s terror and sinful human beings’ redemption through death on the cross. His attention, on the contrary, was on Biblical texts that focus on human transience and comfort: comfort to the bereaved and comfort to all who fear death. To some extent, it could be called the epitome of Brahms's work. In the relevant volume of the new Brahms Complete Edition, on which this new practical edition is based, editors Michael Musgrave and Michael Struck clear up all sorts of “legends,” errors, and erroneous readings. Brahms’s subsequent minor compositional changes are taken into account, poor decisions in previous editions are corrected, and the Bible texts sung contain writing and meaning corrections. In addition, the texts elucidate many myths about the composition’s origin. Thus, this Urtext edition creates a fresh perspective on the “People’s Requiem,” as Brahms would have preferred to call the composition. “This new B&H publication is extremely good value, and it really does breathe new life into an old master. The pages of the full score are delightfully easy on the eye. The edition's visual effect is precise, lucid, and sympathetic – as, indeed, a good performance of Brahms's choral masterpiece should be.”(Jeremy Summerly, Choir & Organ)