A German Requiem (Brahms) A German Requiem (Brahms) A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 () by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, a soprano and a baritone soloist, 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
The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream is an album by Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer Joe Zawinul, released in 1968. The title refers to the Third stream genre of music, melding classical and jazz. An example of strings playing in a jazz context in the 1960s was pianist Joe Zawinul's 1968 recording titled "The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream". Zawinul collaborated with avant-garde composer William S. Fischer on this recording. The music consists of a series of extended compositions that do not follow standard jazz forms such as