Officium Defunctorum (Victoria)

However, it is not his only requiem, in 1583 Victoria composed and published a book of Masses, reprinted in 1592, including a Missa pro defunctis for four-part choir.

After Victoria made revisions and published Officium Defunctorum in 1605, he added a dedication to Margret, Maria's daughter.

Victoria published eleven volumes of his music during his lifetime, representing the majority of his compositional output.

[1] The date of publication, 1605, is often included with the title to differentiate the Officium Defunctorum from Victoria's other setting of the Requiem Mass.

It includes an entire Office of the Dead: in addition to a Requiem Mass, Victoria sets an extra-liturgical funeral motet, a lesson that belongs to Matins (scored for only SATB and not always included in concert performances), and the ceremony of Absolution which follows the Mass.