Requiem (Fauré)
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| - | {{Template}}'''k r buxey''' is a contemporary artist. Her best known piece is ''Requiem'', a video of a woman enjoying cunnilingus; an homage to [[Andy Warhol]]'s 1963 ''[[Blow Job]]'' and [[Bernini]]'s [[Saint Theresa]]. Invoking simultaneously [[le petit mort]] and the [[Passion of Christ]] through the use of the whole of [[Fauré's Requiem]]''. | + | {{Template}} |
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| + | [[Gabriel Fauré]] composed his '''[[Requiem]] in [[D minor]], Op. 48''' between 1887 and 1890. This [[choral]]–[[orchestra]]l setting of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[requiem|Mass for the Dead]] is the best known of his large works. The most famous [[movement (music)|movement]] is the [[soprano]] [[aria]] ''[[Pie Jesu]]''. [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] said of it, "just as [[Mozart]]'s is the only ''[[Ave verum Corpus]]'', this is the only ''Pie Jesu.'' | ||
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Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 between 1887 and 1890. This choral–orchestral setting of the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead is the best known of his large works. The most famous movement is the soprano aria Pie Jesu. Camille Saint-Saëns said of it, "just as Mozart's is the only Ave verum Corpus, this is the only Pie Jesu.
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