Mozart is a classical composer that Japanese people love.
Among Mozart's works, there are some songs that are unusually not bright.
“Requiem”, which I will introduce this time, is one of them.
In fact, not all of this music was composed by Mozart.
Mozart died before completing this piece.
This song is being completed by his disciples.
However, the level of perfection is excellent, and this requiem is so famous that it is counted as one of the three greatest requiems in classical music.
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First of all, what is Requiem?
Wikipedia describes it as follows:
1.Mass in a Catholic church to pray to God for the repose of the dead. Mass for the dead (missa pro defunctis). It is also held in Anglican churches.
2.The hymns used in the Mass mentioned above. One of the complete masses. Also, the song was created with that in mind. It is translated as ``Mass for the Dead'' or ``Mass for the Dead.'' Although it is sometimes translated as ``requiem'' (chinkonka) or ``chinkonkyoku'' (requiem for the soul), the word ``requiem'' itself does not have the meaning of ``requiem.''
As a non-Christian, there are some words that I don't understand. . . .
Let's unravel the words one by one.
First of all, the Catholic Church a sect of Christianity . There are many different sects of Buddhism, such as the Jodo sect and the Nichiren sect. Similarly, Christianity has several sects, and the Catholic Church is one of them.
Here, we purposely designate it as the "Catholic Church."
This is simply to show that other sects (excluding new religions and other sects) do not have requiems.
Christianity includes ``Protestant'' and ``Greek Orthodox,'' but these sects do not have requiems.
Next, the Mass a liturgical ceremony in the Catholic Church .
A liturgical ceremony is a religious ceremony.
Even though it is called a ``religious ceremony,'' many Japanese people, including myself, do not belong to any religion, so it may not make sense to many people.
Although they are slightly different, social ceremonies that are common in Japan include ``Coming-of-Age Ceremonies'' and ``Entrance/Graduation Ceremonies.''
This kind of ``ceremony'' that has a religious meaning is the liturgical ceremony.
To summarize, a ``requiem'' is a song used in religious ceremonies to pray to God for the repose of the dead
What I would like you to note here is that a requiem is a ``prayer to God'' and not a ``song to the dead.''
"Requiem" is often translated as "requiem," but it turns out that this is officially incorrect.
Music score introduction
Now, let's get back to the main topic and introduce some free sheet music.
Since the original song was not a piano piece, there were very few piano scores available for free.
Among them, there were only two scores that I could recommend, so I will only introduce them this time.
If I find another good free sheet music, I will update it.
Click on the sheet music image to go to the link.
You can download and print from the link .
Download and print it, or play while viewing it on a tablet such as an iPad.
Requiem in D minor K.626 (Mozart) _ Free piano sheet music ①
The first thing I'll introduce is piano sheet music for beginners.
The score is made with a relatively easy difficulty level, so even beginners can play it with a little practice.
I can't complain because it's a free sheet music, but I wish there were more details such as sheet music symbols.
The difficulty level beginner .
Requiem in D minor K.626 (Mozart) _ Free piano sheet music
Requiem in D minor K.626 (Mozart) _ Free piano sheet music ②
Here is the next sheet music.
This sheet music was created with a piano part as accompaniment, and a separate part for the opera's voices.
Although this song is not suitable for singing along, this sheet music is recommended if you want to play it as accompaniment.
*It is written as K.636 in the score, but it is probably a mistake in K.626.
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