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Yes, do check out my old-school Requiem!  It is not death-obsessed, but rather a hopeful Requiem in a major key.  The Introitus is Romantic, but it goes Neoclassical pretty soon after.  I broke up the text just like Mozart did, and in the manuscript even had a funny where I wrote, in the exact place Mozart croaked, his apparent last written words:  Quam Olim DC...da capo.  

Actually, start here!

Requiem In Bb Major-Quam Olim II Free Sheet Music by Robert C. Fox for Various Instruments | Noteflight

 

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The counterpoint is very impressive, so well done!

I would have liked to see how the lyrics align with the notes, but I'm not sure if note flight is capable of that. I would definitely recommend musescore if you can fit it on your computer. It is free after all.

The main issue is how you're writing for your forces. Violin octaves are a little unreasonable for a tutti section. It's too difficult without a good justification. I would either NOT have the octaves, or have the violins divisi. And the voice ranges are going into risky registers. There's a good short guide "ranges for choral singers: a guide for composers" by Chris Hutchings that's literally just a page and tells you pretty much all you need for writing for choral voices. You can probably find it online.

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43 minutes ago, ComposaBoi said:

I would definitely recommend musescore if you can fit it on your computer. It is free after all.

I would second that.

I can't really get a good impression of your piece from Noteflight, the playback is too ropey. (That may be why you're not getting many reviews.)
MuseScore would give a much better rendition of your score, even with no tweaks whatsoever.

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