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Encyclopedia Britannica



REQUIEM

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 181 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RAY-RHU
REQUIEM , the name of a solemn
mass
  for the dead (Missa pro defunctis) in the
Roman
 
Church
 , appointed to be sung on
All Souls' Day, in memory of all " faithful departed," at funeral services, and at the anniversaries of the death of particular persons, The name is taken from the first words of the Introit, Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine. The
term
  is specially applied to the musical setting of the
mass
 . The most celebrated Requiem Masses are those of Palestrina, Mozart and
Cherubini
  The word has been also used of memorial services held in honour of a deceased person in churches other than the
Roman
 .


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