Talk:War Requiem

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I challenge the link from "diabolus in musica" to the "diabolical nature of war". It is expressed in weasel words, and I doubt that Britten would choose such a fundamental part of the requiem on such a flimsy basis. --Hugh7 09:01, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Couldn't agree more. It's widely accepted to represent (by the harmonic distance between the notes of a tritone) the non-physical 'distance' between warring opponents - the distance that Britten seeks to reconcile. I'll modify this in the next few days in the absence of any further comment. --Chrisjohnson 12:05, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: the two previous comments, I've now done changed this section. Chrisjohnson 13:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


I've reverted a sentence of mine ("The interval is used both in contexts which emphasise the harmonic distance between C and F♯ and those which resolve them harmonically, mirroring the theme of conflict and reconciliation present throughout the work.") modified by MarkBuckles to its original form, which I feel is more accurate. I've left his 'Citation Needed' tag in, but the sentence is backed up by examples (of 'contexts which emphasise the harmonic distance between C and F♯ and those which resolve them harmonically') which occur later in the paragraph. Should the citation be moved to the end of the paragraph, since none of the material is directly quoted? (My sources are Mervyn Cooke's book on War Requiem, and the score - I'll fill in the details later when I have these to hand) Chrisjohnson 12:26, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

All the #s are showing up as ?s for me, would it be better to write 'sharp' instead of putting the symbol for it? KLF Fitton 15:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original Research? Missing Citations?

I am concerned that much of this article appears to be original research: musical analysis performed by Wikipedia editors. If that is not the case, then it fails to cite its sources. --Dfeuer 23:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Non-liturgical?

"War Requiem, Opus 66 is a non-liturgical requiem..." seems to convey the wrong impression, even if it is technically correct. The Brahms and Delius are non-liturgical. War Requiem is liturgical-plus, so to speak. Is there a better way of putting it? David Brooks 00:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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