Alexandra Coghlan

Why we love requiems

Alexandra Coghlan explores the history and enduring appeal of musical settings of the requiem mass

‘Tuba Mirum Spargens Sonum’, c.1888, by Henri Fantin-Latour, depicting Hector Berlioz conducting his Grande Messe des Morts

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