War Requiem

Japanese: 戦争レクイエム - せんそうれくいえむ(英語表記)War Requiem
War Requiem

This is a requiem by the British composer Benjamin Britten. It was composed for the dedication ceremony (1962) of the Coventry Cathedral in England, which was destroyed in the Second World War. It is not simply music to console the souls of the dead, but a prayer and vow to never repeat the tragedy of war. The lyrics include not only the Latin liturgical texts used in regular requiems, but also poems by the British poet W. Owen, and the work consists of six movements. It is a large-scale work that can be said to be the culmination of Britten's music, with three groups: (1) a soprano soloist, mixed chorus, and orchestra singing the liturgical texts, (2) a tenor soloist, baritone soloist, and chamber orchestra singing Owen's poems, and (3) a children's chorus singing parts of the liturgical texts at the back of the stage. It was first performed in Japan in 1965.

[Yukio Miyake]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イギリスの作曲家ベンジャミン・ブリテンのレクイエム。第二次世界大戦で破壊されたイギリスのコベントリー大聖堂の再建献堂式(1962)のために作曲された。単に死者の霊を慰める音楽ではなく、戦争という悲劇を二度と繰り返すまいとする願いと誓いが歌われている。歌詞には、通常のレクイエムに用いられるラテン語の典礼文以外に、イギリスの詩人W・オーウェンの詩も使い、全体は六楽章からなる。〔1〕典礼文を歌うソプラノ独唱・混声合唱・管弦楽、〔2〕オーウェンの詩を歌うテノール独唱・バリトン独唱・室内管弦楽、〔3〕ステージの最奥で典礼文の一部を歌う児童合唱、という三つのグループからなる編成で、ブリテンの音楽の集大成ともいえる大規模な作品である。日本初演は1965年(昭和40)。

[三宅幸夫]

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