Structure
The piece consists of 9 short movements:
- 1. Prelude
- 2. Exaudi
- 3. Dies Irae
- 4. Tuba mirum
- 5. Interlude
- 6. Rex tremendae
- 7. Lacrimosa
- 8. Libera me
- 9. Postlude
Joseph N. Straus has discussed in detail Stravinsky's particular application of serial technique in the work, and his devising and use of a system of "rotational arrays" and "four-part arrays" in composing the work. David Smyth has noted Stravinsky's incorporation of the "B-A-C-H" (B flat-A-C-B natural) motif in the work.
Requiem Canticles is characteristic of Stravinsky's twelve-tone practice in that he preferred the inverse-retrograde (IR) to the typical retrograde-inverse (RI):
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