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Requiem Information
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The Requiem (from Latin requiem, accusative case of requies, rest) or Requiem Mass (informally, a funeral Mass), also known formally (in Latin) as the Missa pro defunctis or Missa defunctorum, is a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church,...


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La Scala cancels 'Requiem' due to strike
11/8/2007: 545 words, approx. 2 pages
Daniel Barenboim and his fellow musicians received shouts of "bravi" after the open dress rehearsal, but the ticket-buying public won't get to enjoy Verdi's "Requiem" on Friday: La Scala's 800 employees are going on strike.With apologies to the audience, La Scala announced that Friday's long-awaited...
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La Scala strike cancels second concert
11/15/2007: 255 words, approx. 1 pages
A strike by La Scala's 800 workers forced the opera house on Thursday to cancel a second performance of Verdi's "Requiem" led by principal visiting conductor Daniel Barenboim."Requiem" was to have been performed Saturday in Parma to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Arturo Toscanini's...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Sharon M. Bailey
11,120 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Bailey defines Akhmatova's Requiem as an elegy of mourning, particularly giving voice to the grief of the women whose loved ones were imprisoned or executed during the years of Stalinist rule in the Soviet Union.
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Critical Essay by Susan Amert
9,187 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Amert offers a close reading of the first two texts of Akhmatova's Requiem.
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Critical Essay by Michael Basker
6,842 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Basker examines aspects of Akhmatova's Requiem that project qualities of disorientation and dislocation.
 


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