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
On the Classical Side 56, No. 2 in C Major." But she is at her very best bringing life to the music of fellow countryman Heitor Villa-Lobos, playing individual selections from several longer pieces." On the Classical Side On the Classical Side is the ninth studio album by Brazilian jazz pianist and composer Eliane Elias. The record was released on October 5, 1993 via EMI Classics label. She plays 20 classical compositions of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Maurice Ravel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin. Ken Dryden of Allmusic stated "Eliane Elias is best known for her work as a jazz pianist, though in her native Brazil,