Instrumentation
In addition to soprano and baritone soloists and mixed chorus, A German Requiem is scored for:
- woodwind: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon (contrabassoon ad libitum)
- brass: 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
- percussion: timpani
- strings and harp (one part, preferably doubled)
- organ (ad libitum)
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