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
Sharon Davis (composer) Sharon Davis (composer) Sharon Davis (born 1937) is a classical composer, pianist and music publisher. She is best known for her works "Suite of Wildflowers, op. 1"; "Three Moods of Emily Dickinson"; and "Three Poems of William Blake". Her "Though Men Call Us Free", written for soprano, clarinet and piano, draws upon words from Oscar Wilde's "The Young King". In the 1970s she performed with the Los Angeles Brass Quintet, and "Chamber Music Quarterly" described her as a "fine musician". Davis is the widow of composer William Schmidt and now manages his music publishing company, Western International Music Inc., in