This 95 page score, size 7 by 10 ½ inches, is taken from a previous Belwin Mills publication. It provides the choir and soloist parts along with a piano reduction of the orchestral parts, with notations, instrument cues, and vocal text in German language. In the Table of Contents an English translation is included. This was to be Brahms' longest work, in 7 movements, and was based on sacred biblical text, in German language, and therefore did not follow the traditional Latin requiem text.

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Blessed are they that mourn
Behold, all flesh is as the grass
Lord, make me to know the measure of my days on earth
How lovely is thy dwelling place
Ye are now sorrowful
Here on earth we have no continuing place
Blessed are the dead