Requiem
Gabriel Fauré
Pick your part and the movement: hear the opening with your part lifted out of the choir, then practise it in the app. Free, and no account needed.
- Movements
- 6
- Length
- 539 bars
The movements
Range over the whole work
The lowest and the highest note each part sings, in any of the movements.
Soprano
Range
Lowest D4Highest G5
Alto
Range
Lowest A3Highest E5
Tenor 1
Range
Lowest D3Highest G♯4
Tenor 2
Range
Lowest D3Highest G♯4
Bass 1
Range
Lowest A2Highest E♭4
Bass 2
Range
Lowest E2Highest E♭4
I
Introït et Kyrie
D minor4/4quarter note = 4091 bars
Range
- Soprano D4–F♯5
- Alto A3–D5
- Tenor 1 D3–F♯4
- Tenor 2 D3–F4
- Bass 1 A2–C4
- Bass 2 A2–C4
The words
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat, luceat, luceat eis, luceat eis. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiem aeternam dona, dona eis, Domine, etlux perpetua luceat eis. Exaudi, exaudi orationem ad te omnis caro veniet, omnis caro veniet. Kyrie, Kyrie, Kyrie eleison. eleison, eleison, eleison. Christe, Christe, Christe eleison. Christe, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison, eleison.
II
Offertoire
B minor4/4quarter note = 4895 bars
Range
- Soprano F♯4–F♯5
- Alto B3–E5
- Tenor 1 E3–G♯4
- Tenor 2 E3–G♯4
- Bass 1 B2–D4
- Bass 2 F♯2–D4
The words
O Domine Jesu Christe, rex gloriae, Jesu Christe, ne cadant in obscurum. Hostias et preces tibi, Domine, laudis offerimus, tu suscipe pro animabus illis, quarum hodie memoriam facimus. Fac eas, fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam. Quam olim Abrahae promisisti, promisisti, et semini ejus. O Domine Jesu Christe, rex gloriae, rex gloriae, libera, defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu. Ne cadant in obscurum. Amen, amen, amen.
III
Sanctus
3 ♭3/4quarter note = 5562 bars
Range
- Soprano G4–G5
- Alto E♭4–E♭4
- Tenor 1 G3–E♭4
- Tenor 2 G3–E♭4
- Bass 1 E♭3–E♭4
- Bass 2 B♭2–E♭4
The words
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus, Dominus Deus, Deus Sabaoth. Sanctus, Dominus Deus. Pleni sunt coeli et terra. Hosanna inexcelsis. Hosanna inexcelsis. Hosanna in excelsis, in excelsis. Sanctus.
V
Agnus Dei
1 ♭3/4quarter note = 7294 bars
Range
- Soprano D4–F5
- Alto A3–C5
- Tenor 1 F3–F4
- Tenor 2 F3–F4
- Bass 1 B2–C♯4
- Bass 2 E2–C4
The words
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis, dona eis requiem. Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona, dona eis requiem. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona, dona eis requiem, sempiternam requiem. Lux aeterna luceat eis, luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum quia pius, pius es. Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, etlux perpetua luceat, luceat, luceat eis.
VI
Libera me
D minor2/2quarter note = 90136 bars
Range
- Soprano D4–F5
- Alto A3–D5
- Tenor 1 D3–F♯4
- Tenor 2 D3–F♯4
- Bass 1 A2–D4
- Bass 2 F♯2–D4
The words
Libera me Domine, de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda, in die illa, quando coeli movendi sunt, quando coeli movendi sunt et terra. Dum veneris judi care saeculum per ignem. Tremens ego, et timeo, dum discussio vene rit, atque ventura ira. Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae. Dies illa, dies magna et amara, amara valde. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis, luceat eis. Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda, in die illa, quando coeli movendi sunt, quando coeli movendi sunt et terra. Dum veneris judicare seculum per ignem. Libera me, Domine, demorte aeterna. Libera me, Domine.
VII
In Paradisum
2 ♯3/4quarter note = 5261 bars
Range
- Soprano E4–F♯5
- Alto B3–F♯4
- Tenor 1 F♯3–D4
- Tenor 2 F♯3–B3
- Bass 1 A2–A3
- Bass 2 A2–G3
The words
In paradisum deducant angeli, in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres. et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere aeternam habeas requiem, aeternam habeas requiem.
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Free to sing: Gabriel Fauré died in 1924.