Largely considered as one of the most important verdian vocal-symphonic work, the Requiem was composed to honour the memory of the poet and dramatist Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873), the ,,soul of the italian literature” who, similar to Verdi, stood through his work of art, for italian unification and independency. The idea of composing a Requiem was linked initally by the death of another important italian cultural personality: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) ...