The Requiem Mass - What is it?

I had the pleasure of singing Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem (German Requiem) last November with the New York Philharmonic, so I thought that I would fill you in on a little history about the Requiem Mass. Did you know that the Requiem was one of the last masses composed in a polyphonic setting? That means it was chanted until the mid 1400's. Read more...