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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 ]
The "Funeral Music" for Akhnaten's father in Act I of the opera Akhnaten, by Philip Glass. The Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod (1872); this later became known to contemporary audiences as the theme music used for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series (1955–65) The Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak by Edvard ...
A planctus ("plaint") is a lament or dirge, a song or poem expressing grief or mourning.It became a popular literary form in the Middle Ages, when they were written in Latin and in the vernacular (e.g., the planh of the troubadours).
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.
Avery and Navarro respected each other’s musical abilities, and the things that bonded them during Jane’s remained points of connection: books, music, cinema, visual art, and now, in place of ...
A dirge is a somber song expressing mourning or grief. Dirge may also refer to: ... Music. Dirge (band), a French post-metal band; Dirge, by Wormrot
The "Lyke-Wake Dirge" is a traditional English folk song and dirge listed as number 8194 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The song tells of the soul 's travel, and the hazards it faces, on its way from earth to purgatory , reminding the mourners to practise charity during lifetime.
Organum – Early form of polyphonic music involving the addition of one or more voices to a preexisting chant. Planctus – Composition mourning the death of a notable figure, often in a liturgical context, similar in function to a dirge. Rondeau – French poetic-musical form. Trecento Madrigal – Secular polyphonic vocal composition.