mass of the dead

One of the most beautiful musical forms is the requiem, requiem or "Missa pro defunctis" or "Missa defunctorum".

It is a generally sung work, which begins with the famous phrase "Dale, Lord eternal rest and shine for him (or her) perpetual light". With great devotion, the composer weaves together text and music, achieving project to Divinity pain, feeling the absence of the deceased. The truth is that this funeral service is used in the Catholic Church, Anglican, Orthodox and Protestant.

When they started has made these compositions, Gregorian mode was used until Johannes Ockeghem made the first polyphonic version in 1460. From there, many composers dedicated their effort and talent to compose their requiems, as Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Andrea Luchesi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri, Luigi Cherubini, Hector Berlioz, Anton Bruckner, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, Gabriel Fauré, Charles Gounod, Antonin Dvorak, Benjamin Britten , Gyorgy Ligeti, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Vicente Emilio Sojo and others.

The truth is that there is much devotion, a lot of commitment involved, a lot of faith and a sense religious, Christian to be honored with a beautiful requiem mass.