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from [[Saint Augustine’s Organbook]] by [[Gerald Near]]

==Background==
According to Gerald Near, this piece is most suitable for funerals and for the Feast of All Saints and All Souls.<ref>Near, Gerald. Performance Notes from Saint Augustine's Organbook: Ten Preludes on Gregorian Chant Melodies for Organ.</ref>

The English translation of "Requiem aeternam" is "Eternal Rest."  For details concerning the doctrine of eternal rest, see the Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Rest  Eternal Rest].

The English translation of the text is:
<blockquote>
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,<BR>
and let perpetual light shine on them.<BR>
You are praised, God, in Zion,<BR>
and homage will be paid to You in Jerusalem.<BR>
Hear my prayer,<BR>
to You all flesh will come.<BR>
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,<BR>
and let perpetual light shine on them.<BR> <ref>English Translation of Mozart's Requiem, http://www.stmatthews.com/choir/mozartsrequiem.htm</ref>
</blockquote>

==Registration and Organs==
Gerald Near gives registration indications in Performance Notes at the end of the book.<ref>Near, Gerald. Performance Notes from Saint Augustine's Organbook: Ten Preludes on Gregorian Chant Melodies for Organ.</ref>

Antiphon: Foundation stops

Psalm: Flutes 8' and 4'

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==Scores and Editions==

The Service Playing exam requires the use of Aureole Edition, AE 86, distributed by MorningStar Music.

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==Notes==
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