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REQUIEM

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 181 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REQUIEM , the name of a See also:

solemn See also:mass for the dead (Missa See also:pro defunctis) in the See also:Roman See also:Church, appointed to be sung on All Souls' See also:Day, in memory of all " faithful departed," at funeral services, and at the anniversaries of the See also:death of particular persons, The name is taken from the first words of the Introit, Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine. The See also:term is specially applied to the musical setting of the mass. The most celebrated Requiem Masses are those of See also:Palestrina, See also:Mozart and See also:Cherubini The word has been also used of memorial services held in See also:honour of a deceased See also:person in churches other than the Roman.

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