Requiem

Summary

Requiem is a musical work/composition^[1]. Requiem ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Requiem's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• Requiem's composer is recorded as Antonín Dvořák^[4].
• Requiem's catalog code is recorded as B. 165^[5].
• Requiem's tonality is recorded as B-flat minor^[6].
• Requiem's instrumentation is recorded as organ^[7].
• Requiem's instrumentation is recorded as symphony orchestra^[8].
• Requiem's instrumentation is recorded as mixed choir^[9].
• Requiem's date of first performance is recorded as October 9, 1891^[10].
• Requiem's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Requiem'}^[11].
• Requiem's form of creative work is recorded as mass^[12].
• Requiem's form of creative work is recorded as music for the Requiem Mass^[13].
• Requiem's opus number is recorded as 89^[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Mass^[15]

• Genre(s): classical^[16]

• Community tags: choral, classical^[17]

• MusicBrainz ID: 13a54c2c-4075-47a4-aba8-ed399e1c2578^[18]

Why It Matters

Requiem ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month).^[2] Requiem has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Requiem is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]