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In this chapter, I shall explore several Requiem Masses from the second half of the twentieth century onward. The questions I want to address are: Which views of death and the afterlife can be heard in these compositions? Do contemporary Requiem Masses reflect the way death is experienced as it is embedded in our culture?1 I will successively discuss the Requiem Masses by Rutter (1985), Penderecki (1980–2005), and Jenkins (2004). Each of these Requiem Masses will be dealt with from the perspective of the central question: Which elements of the texts used and the music composed are characteristic and contribute to a view of death as experienced by the listener?
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Hoondert, M.J.M. (2015). Modern Requiem Compositions and Musical Knowledge of Death and Afterlife. In: Cattoi, T., Moreman, C.M. (eds) Death, Dying, and Mysticism. Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137472083_15
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