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Posted on 05/15/2016 9:04:49 AM PDT by EveningStar
There’s a musical piece you’ve likely heard many times before—but unless you have a particularly trained ear and are also hip to the catalog of Medieval Latin hymns, you probably haven’t noticed it. It’s a musical pattern from “Dies Irae,” a haunting chant for the dead, and CBC Radio host Tom Allen has put together an impressive video history of the work.
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Lovely. Thank you!
It’s a perfect hymn for a funeral. I hope it’ll be the sequence at my Requiem.
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