The Deutsche Totenmesse is for mixed choir and organ. The texts are poems by Huub Oosterhuis (1933) a Dutch poet/writer of liturgical texts.
It contains:
01. Introitus: 'Ich steh vor dir'
02. Zwischengesang: 'Der Herr hat mich gesehn'
03. 'Die mit Tränen säen'
04. 'Heilig, heilig'
05. Meditation für Orgel
06. 'Der Seelen der Gerechten'
07. 'Niemand lebt für sich selbst'
08. 'Lasst uns nun gehen in Frieden'
09. Postludium für Orgel
Bresgen's Deutsche Totenmesse is written in the early seventy's. The text is taken from the bible (psalms) and poems of the Dutch poet Huub Oosterhuis. The homophonic choirpart is accompanied by organ with separate large intermezzi which divide and end the choirparts.
Notable contributors to the 20th-century repertory are Bresgen, Duruflé, Guerrini, Karg-Elert, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Maliszewski, Sutermeister, Thompson, Thomson, Zandonai and Zanella.
Author: | James W. Pruett |
Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |