Messe de Requiem
by Camille Saint-Saens
4-Part - Sheet Music

Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 4 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 english horns, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trombones, 4 harps, grand organ, organ accompaniment, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass (reduced version: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 english horns, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, tr

SKU: CA.2731700

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Edited by Fritz Naf. Sacred vocal music, Requiem. Requiem Op. 54. Sacred vocal music, Requiem. Full score. Composed 1878. Op. 54. 108 pages. Duration 35 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.317/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2731700).

ISBN 9790007167875. Language: Latin.

During his most productive period as an opera composer, Camille Saint-Saens also wrote sacred works, among which his "Oratorio de Noel" has enjoyed great worldwide popularity. The colorful and opulently orchestrated "Messe de Requiem" was composed in 1878 in Bern. The composer dedicated it to his patron, Albert Libon. We have published this edition both with its larger orchestral forces and to enable perfomances of the "Requiem" in slightly reduced scoring (without losing the special characteristics of the work), in a version with a smaller orchestra consisting of 11 winds, two harps, organ and string instruments. The full score reproduces the Urtext of the "Requiem" with its original scoring, whereas the performance material is presented and conceived so to enable it to be performed either in the original orchestration or the version with reduced forces.