''České requiem: Smrt a spasení'' ("Czech Requiem: Death and Redemption," Op.24) is a 1940 choral

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of ...

for soprano, alto, baritone, chorus and orchestra by Ladislav Vycpálek. It follows on from his earlier choral-cantatas ''Kantáta o posledních věcech člověka'' (""Cantata of the Last Things of Man" 1921) and ''Blahoslavený ten člověk'' ("Blessed Be The Man," 1933).Nick Strimple ''Choral Music in the Twentieth Century'' 2005 Page 102 "Vitezslav Novak's most famous students were Ladislav Vycpalek (1882-1969), whose cantatas of the Last Things of Man (1921), Blessed Is the Man (1933), and Czech Requiem and Czech Requiem (1940) assured him a successful career;"

Recordings

* Karel Ančerl Gold Edition

References

{{reflist 1940 compositions Czech-language choral compositions Requiems