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
Classical music include the "Dies irae" from the Verdi Requiem, Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from "Peer Gynt", the opening bars of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" from "Die Walküre", Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee", and excerpts of Aaron Copland's "Rodeo". Several works from the Golden Age of Animation matched the action to classical music. Notable examples are Walt Disney's "Fantasia", Tom and Jerry's "Johann Mouse", and Warner Bros.' "Rabbit of Seville" and "What's Opera, Doc?" Similarly, movies and television often revert to standard, clichéd excerpts of classical music to convey refinement or opulence: