Verdi's Requiem
The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi.
It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired.
The first performance, at the San Marco church in Milan in 1874, marked the first anniversary of Manzoni's death.
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