Gabbay, Benjamin ( )
Compositor Canadiense de Toronto
Bio 
http://www.benjamingabbay.com/ 
http://www.benjamingabbay.com/music.htm
es autor del

Réquiem - L´Homme Arme 
Para solista, coro mixto y piano 
12 min
Info 
http://www.benjamingabbay.com/music/Requiem-l'homme-arme-(2018)-PROGRAM-NOTES.pdf 

Commissioned for a choral work on the subjects of war and reconciliation, I assembled a mélange of texts that I believe captures the essence of both and bridges the gap between them—the bombastic Renaissance song "L'homme armé doibt on doubter..." ("The armed man should be feared..."); Rupert Brooke's "The Dead," lamenting the young departed; Wilfred Owen's darkly dramatic "Anthem for Doomed Youth"; and the well-known "Prayer for Peace" attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, in French (as it was originally published). The work's tight motivic structure sees a handful of distinct themes—first set in stark, belligerent contrast—become transformed and ultimately reconciled in the final prayer. The designation of a "requiem," despite the lack of any traditional mass text, is a suggestion of the work's ultimate purpose as a prayer for, and rememberance of, the dea
Musica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19A6J8f9N7U