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Article: UW'S BRAHMS REQUIEM FLAWLESS.(LIFESTYLE)
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- The Capital Times
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- December 13, 2004
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Byline: Michael Muckian Special to The Capital Times\The writer retains the copyright for this article
To Johannes Brahms, the prospect of death is contemplative, and our ability to face death is not a matter of coping with sorrow, but one of finding resolution and acceptance of the natural order of both this and the next world.
That philosophy, drawn from his own beliefs and the teachings of German theologian Martin Luther, lies at the heart of "Ein Deutsches Requiem," Op. 45. The "German" Requiem, as it is called, is Brahms' massive oratorio to the dead, a unique vision unlike other similar compositions.
The sentiments driving the sometimes ...