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Saverio Mercadante

1795 - 1870

Italy

G.S.R. Mercadante

Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele [Saverio] Mercadante (17/09/1795 - 17/12/1870), an Italian composer and excellent performer (violin, flute, etc.), born in Altamura. He composed about 60 operas. Paolo Serrao (1830 - 17/03/1907) wrote a requiem for Mercadante.

Source:

Grove's dictionary of music and musicians

Requiem breve

Period:	Early Romanticism
Composed in:	1836
Musical form:	mass
Text/libretto:	Latin mass
Duration:	23'
Label(s):	Bongiovanni GB 2188-2

Requiem breve contains:
01. Introitus; Kyrie 3'11
02. Sequenza 11'09
03. Offertorium 2'56
04. Sanctus, Benedictus 1'24
05. Agnus Dei 1'26
06. Communio 1'56
07. Responsorium 1'14

Source:

booklet of cd GB 2188-2

♫ 01. Introitus; Kyrie
© Bongiovanni GB 2188-2

♫ 02. Sequenza
© Bongiovanni GB 2188-2

♫ 03. Offertorium
© Bongiovanni GB 2188-2

♫ 04. Sanctus, Benedictus
© Bongiovanni GB 2188-2

♫ 05. Agnus Dei
© Bongiovanni GB 2188-2

♫ 06. Communio
© Bongiovanni GB 2188-2

♫ 07. Responsorium
© Bongiovanni GB 2188-2

A requiem for 4 voices. Transcription by Massimo Scapin.

Author:	Herman Ram
Contributor:	Arye Kendi

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