Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

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Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 is a large-scale orchestral work by Benjamin Britten, written in 1940 as a somber, non-liturgical reflection on war and loss.

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Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 20 ⓘ
commissionedBy Japanese government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Japan
commissionOutcome commission rejected by Japanese government ⓘ
commissionPurpose 2600th anniversary of the Japanese Empire ⓘ
composer Benjamin Britten ⓘ
composerNationality British ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateComposed 1940 ⓘ
dedicatedTo memory of the composer's parents ⓘ
duration approximately 20 minutes ⓘ
firstPublisher Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ
form three-movement symphonic work ⓘ
genre requiem-inspired work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn War Requiem ⓘ
hasMovementTitleLanguage Latin ⓘ
hasPart Dies irae ⓘ
Lacrymosa ⓘ
linked to: Lacrimosa

Requiem aeternam ⓘ
linked to: Requiem aeternam I
inspiredBy Roman Catholic Requiem Mass ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
liturgicalUse non-liturgical ⓘ
mood somber ⓘ
movement1Title Lacrymosa ⓘ
linked to: Lacrimosa
movement2Title Dies irae ⓘ
movement3Title Requiem aeternam ⓘ
movementCount 3 ⓘ
notableFeature anti-war character ⓘ
use of Requiem Mass section titles without text ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereConductor John Barbirolli ⓘ
linked to: Sir John Barbirolli
premiereCountry United States ⓘ
premiereDate 1941-03-29 ⓘ
premiereLocation Carnegie Hall ⓘ
premiereOrchestra New York Philharmonic ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer War Requiem ⓘ
scoring brass ⓘ
harp ⓘ
large orchestra ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
stylePeriod 20th-century classical music ⓘ
subjectMatter loss ⓘ
war ⓘ
yearOfWork 1940 ⓘ

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Benjamin Britten → notableWork → Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 ⓘ