Kurt Vonnegut found the piece "vengeful and sadistic" and created his Stones, Time, & Elements-A Humanist Requiem in reponse.
Kurt Vonnegut found the piece "vengeful and sadistic" and created his Stones, Time, & Elements-A Humanist Requiem in reponse. Stephen Sondheim's musical, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, uses the work in "Ballad of Sweeney Todd" and "Epiphany". Elements of it can be found in other classical works, such as Mahler's 2nd Symphony and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantasique. Originally attributed to Thomas of Celano, it is now believed to be written by an unknown Franciscan. FTP, name this 11th Century Roman Catholic hymn, a notable example of a work in the style of a Gregorian Chant, describing the day of wrath.
Kurt Vonnegut found the piece "vengeful and sadistic" and created his Stones, Time, & Elements-A Humanist Requiem in reponse.
{Dies Irae} (Requiem, and accept {Day of Wrath} before mentioned)