In this work, the timpani plays a repeated D for several minutes during a complex fugue concluding its third movement.
In this work, the timpani plays a repeated D for several minutes during a complex fugue concluding its third movement. Violins are omitted from the first movement, in which the recurring motif F-A-B-flat is introduced by the sopranos. Opening with Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, this piece's fifth movement Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit, or Ye now are sorrowful, was later added for the composer's mother. For 10 points, name this seven-movement choral composition which sets texts from Luther's translation of the Bible rather than the Latin, a work of Johannes Brahms.
In this work, the timpani plays a repeated D for several minutes during a complex fugue concluding its third movement.
A German Requiem [accept Ein Deutsches Requiem]