Requiem Survey (website)

Requiem Survey, a website established in 2003 by Reformed Christian rector,[1][2] literary scholar[3]:8 and author[4][5] Kees van der Vloed (born 9 June 1960 in the Netherlands),[6] endeavors to categorize all composers and works relating to the Mass for the dead. As of 2019 the repository includes 3,294 composers and 5,266 works. The specialized encyclopedia also lists Vloed's personal music library, which is "focused on work directly related to the Latin text and its implementation excluding evocative work, but as promiscuous as Henze’s Requiem (a cycle of nine sacred concerts), Hindemith (on texts by Whitman) and Weinberg (on texts by various poets, e.g., Lorca and Fukagawa)."[7]

Requiem Survey
Type of site
Online encyclopedia
Available inEnglish
Country of originNetherlands
OwnerKees van der Vloed
Created byVloed
URLrequiemsurvey.org
Launched2003 (2003)
Current statusActive

The alphabetical survey itself recognizes classical, vocal requiems (and their composers), including fragments and unfinished works in the original Latin text as well as in other languages (e.g., German requiems), requiem-songs, motets and profane requiems. Instrumental works are not included.[8]

Size, readership and site traffic

Since its inception, Requiem Survey has received an audience of more than 75 million readers.[8][9]

References
  1. Molenaar, R., "Onderwijsadviseur Kees van der Vloed: Leren doe je op de plek der moeite", Reformatorisch Dagblad, July 7, 2017.
  2. Bruins, G., "Nee, het draait bij de 75-jarige Driestar-hogeschool niet om de rok", Nederlands Dagblad, September 7, 2019.
  3. Liter., Vol. 3 (2000), p. 88.
  4. Vloed, K. van der, Clara Schumann-Wieck (Soesterberg: Uitgeverij Aspekt, 2012), ISBN 9789461531773.
  5. Schelvis, G., & Vloed, Jenever en wind: leven, werk en wereld van Robert Hennebo (1686-1737) (Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 2008).
  6. Vloed, "About the webmaster", Requiem Survey.
  7. RC, "Messe da Requiem e oltre / Requiem masses and beyond", Classica Senza Frontiere, April 28, 2013.
  8. "Welcome to the Requiem Survey", Requiem Survey.
  9. "RequiemSurvey.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". Alexa. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
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