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Friedrich Reissiger
1809 - 1883
Germany / Norway
Friedrich August [Friedrich] Reissiger (26/07/1809 - 02/03/1883), a Norwegian composer of German birth, born Belzig. Brother of Karl Gottlieb Reissiger.
Requiem
The Requiem contains:
01.Requiem aeternam 7´11 02.Dies irae 1´17 03.Tuba mirum 2´27 04.Mors stupebit 3´18 05.Rex tremendae 1´53 06.Confutatis 0´57 07.Oro supplex 2´36 08.Huic erco parce 1´38 09.Sanctus/benedictus 3´28 10.Agnus dei 2´38 11.Libera me 5´42 12.Requiem aeternam 7´12
Important requiem composers in the 19th century include Aiblinger, Andrevi y Castellar, Bochsa, Van Bree, Canetti, Catelani, Coccia, Fétis, Goss, Gounod, Habert, Mabellini, Meyerbeer, Neukomm, Pacini, Reinecke, Reissinger and Rheinberger.
Dedicatee: King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden (1764-1844). Carl XIV Johan's original name was Jean-Baptiste-Jules Bernadotte. Despite the run-ins between Carl Johan and the Norwegian parliament (Storting), especially in 1821 and 1836, Carl Johan gradually became very popular in Norway. When he died in 1844, at the age of 81, he was succeeded by his only son, Oscar I.
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