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A dirge (Latin: dirige, nenia [1]) is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as may be appropriate for performance at a funeral. Often taking the form of a brief hymn, dirges are typically shorter and less meditative than elegies. [2] Dirges are often slow and bear the character of funeral marches.
In more recent times anyone can request a Jazz funeral, but the musician route is still the most commonly seen today. A typical jazz funeral begins with a march by the family, friends, and a brass band from the home, funeral home, or church to the cemetery. During the funeral march, onlookers have been known to join in with the festivities of ...
An early example is Giroust 's cantata Le déluge (1784), composed to commemorate a free-mason of the Paris lodge. Even Mozart 's Maurerische Trauermusik (1785), an original composition that combines the cantus firmus with a march and presents various characteristics similar to those of the funeral march, is dedicated to the memory of two ...
Brass instrument parts and accessories (12 P) D. Drum kit components (1 C, 39 P) P. Percussion instrument beaters (12 P) S. String instrument construction (3 C, 41 P) W.
A dirge is a somber song expressing mourning or grief. Dirge may also refer to: People. Roman Dirge (born 1972), American artist; Arts, entertainment, and media
By 1980 KHS was a full-scale musical instrument manufacturer and the Jupiter Band Instruments brand was started to market a complete line of wind instruments and percussion. [ 1 ] In 1986, KHS transferred most of its production from its small factory in greater Taipei to a major complex in nearby Zhongli.
C. G. Conn Ltd., Conn Instruments or commonly just Conn, is a former American manufacturer of musical instruments incorporated in 1915. It bought the production facilities owned by Charles Gerard Conn, a major figure in early manufacture of brasswinds and saxophones in the USA.
Two Hymn Tune Preludes (1936) for small orchestra: 1. Eventide; 2. Dominus regit me; Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939) for strings and harp; Partita for Double String Orchestra (1948), rewritten from Double Trio for string sextet with new finale; Concerto Grosso, for three groups of strings, each requiring different levels of technical ...