Officium Defunctorum

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Officium Defunctorum is a renowned late-16th-century Requiem mass and funeral office by Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, celebrated for its profound spirituality and rich polyphonic writing.

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instanceOf Requiem mass ⓘ
funeral office ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Requiem of 1603 ⓘ
associatedCity Madrid ⓘ
associatedComposer Tomás Luis de Victoria ⓘ
associatedReligiousOrder Hieronymite nuns of Descalzas Reales ⓘ
composer Tomás Luis de Victoria ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1603 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Empress Maria of Austria ⓘ
firstPublicationPlace Madrid ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1605 ⓘ
genre Renaissance polyphony ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered Victoria’s musical testament ⓘ
one of the most important Requiems of the Renaissance ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
liturgicalFunction Mass for the Dead ⓘ
Office of the Dead ⓘ
liturgicalTextSource Office of the Dead ⓘ
Roman Catholic Requiem Mass ⓘ
musicalEra Renaissance ⓘ
notableMovement Libera me, Domine ⓘ
linked to: Libera me

Taedet animam meam ⓘ
Versa est in luctum ⓘ
numberOfVoices 6 ⓘ
occasion funeral of Empress Maria of Austria ⓘ
performancePractice concert performance ⓘ
liturgical performance ⓘ
period late 16th century ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Descalzas Reales convent, Madrid ⓘ
publisher Imprenta Real, Madrid ⓘ
reception admired for rich polyphonic writing ⓘ
celebrated for profound spirituality ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
scoring voices a cappella ⓘ
structureIncludes Lesson ⓘ
Motet ⓘ
Requiem Mass ⓘ
Responsories of the Office of the Dead ⓘ
styleCharacteristic expressive text setting ⓘ
imitation ⓘ
modal harmony ⓘ
subjectMatter prayers for the dead ⓘ
texture polyphonic ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ
titleTranslation Office of the Dead ⓘ

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Tomás Luis de Victoria → notableWork → Officium Defunctorum ⓘ
Cristóbal de Morales → notableWork → Officium Defunctorum (Requiem mass) ⓘ
linked to: Officium Defunctorum