Its main melody consists of the eight notes F, E, F, D, E, C, D, and D. Quoted in the Inferno section of Liszt's Dante Symphony, in Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead, in Saint-Saens' Danse macabre, and in Berlioz' Symphony Fantastique, it is based on a poem by Thomas Celano, and is often used to symbolize the horror attending death after a sinful life.
Its main melody consists of the eight notes F, E, F, D, E, C, D, and D. Quoted in the Inferno section of Liszt's Dante Symphony, in Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead, in Saint-Saens' Danse macabre, and in Berlioz' Symphony Fantastique, it is based on a poem by Thomas Celano, and is often used to symbolize the horror attending death after a sinful life. FTP, what is this part of the Requiem Mass, Latin for "day of wrath"?
Its main melody consists of the eight notes F, E, F, D, E, C, D, and D. Quoted in the Inferno section of Liszt's Dante Symphony, in Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead, in Saint-Saens' Danse macabre, and in Berlioz' Symphony Fantastique, it is based on a poem by Thomas Celano, and is often used to symbolize the horror attending death after a sinful life.
Dies irae