A German Requiem (Brahms) the traditional Roman Catholic Requiem Mass, which employs a standardized text in Latin, the text is derived from the German Luther Bible. Brahms's first known use of the title "Ein deutsches Requiem" was in an 1865 letter to Clara Schumann in which he wrote that he intended the piece to be ""eine Art deutsches Requiem"" (a sort of German Requiem). Brahms was quite moved when he found out years later that Robert Schumann had planned a work of the same name. "German" refers primarily to the language rather than the intended audience. Brahms told Carl Martin Reinthaler, director of music
Jennifer Thomas (pianist) Jennifer Thomas (pianist) Jennifer Thomas (born June 23, 1977) is a multi award-winning Yamaha Artist and "Billboard" charting American pianist, violinist, composer, performing artist, and recording artist. She was classically trained at Brigham Young University-Idaho, and started composing in 2003, later releasing her first debut album in 2007. Thomas has issued six albums, the latest album "The Fire Within" was released in October 2018, which debuted at number 3 in the "Billboard" Classical music charts and number 2 in their Classical Crossover music charts. Thomas is known for writing and performing piano-centered orchestral music from classical music to classical music