Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem is a large-scale choral work that sets the Catholic Requiem Mass to music. It was composed in 1874 in memory of the Italian novelist Alessandro Manzoni, and it is considered one of Verdi’s greatest works. The Requiem is known for its dramatic and emotional intensity, and it has been performed by some of the world’s leading orchestras and choirs.
The Requiem is divided into seven movements, each of which sets a different section of the Requiem Mass to music. The movements are:
