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Requiem


1994 Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65

1972 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71

1970 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52

1962 Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," premieres

1950 Yvan Goll, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe', dies at 58 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

1941 Camille Melloy, the Paepe, Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50

1941 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem"

1932 Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet, Requiem, Userjoz

1924 Gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79

1891 Yvan Goll, born in Saint-Die, France, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe'

1868 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"

1845 Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer, Requiem, Ballade

1837 Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres


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