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  2. Dirge - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Kosovan folk music - Wikipedia

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    Ciftelia is an original unique instrument in Kosovo. This is a two-stringed instrument in which one string is used for the drone and one for the melody. It is a wooden instrument with a small head and a long tail. It is used in a style of dance and pastoral songs, mostly on Kosovo and it is known as a Gheg Instrument. Together with Sharkia it ...

  4. List of compositions by Donald Tovey - Wikipedia

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    Instrument solo. Sonata eroica for Violin solo, Op. 29; ... A Lyke Wake Dirge. The Mad Maid's Song (in 3 parts, words Robert Herrick) (1920) On May Morning;

  5. DECONSTRUCTION: Portrait of a Quiet Masterpiece - AOL

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    A high pitch drill sound squeals at the start of “Dirge,” and in the song’s breakdown, while you hear someone singing “blessed be the name of the lord” sampled from Wim Wender’s 1987 ...

  6. The 50 Best Songs of the Year - AOL

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    It’s a post-rock dirge of sorts, the singer’s haunting lines ushering in crashes of ambient guitar to break up the verses. ... Gibbard lifted some of the guitar parts from an early demo he ...

  7. Jazz funeral - Wikipedia

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    Drummers at the funeral of jazz musician Danny Barker in 1994. They include Louis Cottrell, (great-grandson of New Orleans' innovative drumming pioneer, Louis Cottrell, Sr. and grandson of New Orleans clarinetist Louis Cottrell, Jr.) of the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, far right; Louis "Bicycle Lewie" Lederman of the Down & Dirty Brass band, second from right.

  8. Category:Musical instrument parts and accessories - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Archlute - Wikipedia

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    The archlute (Spanish: archilaúd, Italian: arciliuto, German: Erzlaute) is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, [1] the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficulties in the performance of solo music, [2] and the Renaissance tenor lute, which lacked the bass range of the theorbo.