"It has been said that my Requiem does not express the
fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of
death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy
deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above,
rather than as a painful experience." (G. Faure, about
his Requiem)
Bärenreiter is a distinguished German music publishing house known for its meticulous and scholarly editions of classical music. Founded in 1927, Bärenreiter is renowned for its Urtext editions, which aim to faithfully reproduce the original intentions of the composer, based on thorough research of manuscripts and first prints.