Talk:Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 (Gabriel Fauré)

Error list

Please note: some (or most?) errors may not be actual mistakes, but just differences between different editions. The reference edition used for comparison is Schirmer, HL 50324670. Comparison is limited to choral parts. The choir training/rehearsal aids available on the Choralia web site have been corrected in compliance with this error list.

1. Introït et Kyrie

All parts (SATB), measure 6, beat 1: the 3/4 note should last for the entire measure (i.e. 4/4)

All parts (SATB), measure 9-10, beat 4-1: the final note of the measure should last only 1/4 (not 1/4 + 1/8 - it should stop at the end of the measure). The 1/8 note tied over in measure 10 should be removed.

All parts (SATB), measure 11, beat 2: the second note of the measure should last 1/4 and not 3/8 (1/4 dotted)

All parts (SATB), measure 61, beat 1: the note should last 1/2, not 1/4

All parts (SATB), measure 86-87: the note D should last 8/4 (two full measures) and not 7/4

Alto, measure 51, beat 1-3: the two F notes (1/4 + 1/2) should be A (same duration)

Alto, measure 53, beat 1-4: the two F notes (1/2 + 1/2) should be A (same duration)

Alto, measure 69, beat 4: the note F should be D

Tenor, measure 22, beat 3-4: the two A notes should be 3/8 (1/4 dotted) + 1/8, and not 1/4 + 1/4

Tenor, measure 24, beat 1: the note F (low) should be a 1/4 rest

Tenor, measure 25, beat 1-3: the three notes C (3/8 + 1/8 + 1/4) should be replaced by a single 3/4 note, with syllable “pe” on C and syllable “tu” on B(b) at beat 4

Tenor, measure 26, beat 2-3: the note A (1/2) should be replaced by two 1/4 notes, with syllable “a” on A at beat 1, syllable “lu” on A at beat 2, syllable “ce” on A at beat 3, and syllable “at” on D at beat 4; this is very likely a poor reading in the Schirmer score, as the full statement of text would be "... et lux perpetua luceat eis."

Tenor, measure 38, beat 1: the note A should last 1/2 and not 1/4

Tenor, measure 51, beat 1-3: T.I should sing F (not unison D with T.II), while D is correct for T.II

Tenor, measure 53, beat 1-4: T.I should sing F (not unison C# with T.II), while C# is correct for T.II

Tenor, measure 54, beat 2-4: T.I should sing F# for 1/2, then go to C# (unisonous with T.II) for 1/4, rather than singing F# for 3/4, i.e., until the end of the measure

Tenor, measure 68, beat 1-2: the notes F and C should have the same duration, 1/4 each, rather than 3/8 (F) and 1/8 (C)

2. Offertoire

Soprano, measure 80, beat 2: the note G# should be G

Alto, measure 18, beat 2-4: the duration of note C should be 1/4 rather than 3/8 (1/4 + 1/8), while the last note E in the measure should be 1/4 rather than 1/8

Alto, measure 81, beat 4: the last two notes in the measure (A and G#) should have 3/16 and 1/16 duration, respectively, rather than 1/8 each

Tenor, measure 81, beat 2: the note A# should be A

Bass, measure 91-92, beat 3-1: note E at the end of measure 91 should be tied with the first note of measure 92

3. Sanctus

Soprano, measure 30, beat 1-3: the note B(b) should last 1/2 (followed by a 1/4 rest) rather than 3/4

5. Agnus Dei

Alto, measure 28, beat 2: the note G should be E

Alto, measure 59, beat 1-2: the note Eb should be E (it changes to Eb at beat 3)

Tenor, measure 68, beat 1-3: the duration of note F should be 1/2 and then change to D at beat 3, rather than remaining F throughout the measure

6. Libera me

Soprano, measure 55, beat 4-6: the duration of the second note A in this measure should be 3/4 (a dot has been omitted)

Alto, measure 56, beat 6: the note G should be F

Tenor, measure 84-85: the duration of note E should be 3/2 (i.e., the whole measure 84 and the first half of measure 85), not 2/2

Bass, measure 131, beat 2-4: only the note D should be present (both for B.I and B.II), not the note F (for B.II)

7. In Paradisum

Soprano, measure 22, beat 3: the last D note in the measure (1/8) should be B

Soprano, measure 40, beat 3: the duration of note F(#) should be 3/4 (i.e., the whole measure) and not 1/2 (a dot has been omitted)

Tenor, measure 54, beat 3: the last note in the measure (1/8) should be A for T.I and F(#) for T.II, not F(#) for both

Bass, measure 28: the duration of note A should be 3/4 (a dot has been omitted)

Bass, measure 54, beat 3: the last note in the measure (1/8) should be A for B.II, not B

Error listing by Max, a.k.a. --Choralia 14:08, 23 December 2006 (PST) Revised by PML --Philip Legge _{♇ ℗ @ © Φ} 19:28, 19 February 2007 (PST)