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
Requiem (Jenkins) such as the shakuhachi, the darabuca, daiko and frame drums. The work was released in a 2005 album of the same name. Requiem was included on Jenkins' 2005 album of the same name: "Requiem". Along with his work "In These Stones Horizons Sing", it was written for the opening ceremony of the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff and also included works by Irish composer Nathan Doherty. Contributors to the album included the West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra, Clive Bell (on shakuhachi), Marat Bisengaliev (as solo violinist) Catrin Finch (harp), and Nigel Hitchcock (soprano saxophone). Requiem (Jenkins) Requiem is a classical work