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A completely different style of iambic trimeter is found in Catullus's 4th poem, which is written entirely in iambics throughout its 27 lines, with no resolved elements and with every anceps short. Except occasionally at the end of a line, the word-accents correspond entirely to the rhythm of the meter:
Many of their other songs contain some lines in Latin, have a Latin name and/or are supported by a choir singing in Latin. Rhapsody of Fire – Ira Tenax; Rotting Christ: Sanctus Diavolos: Visions of a Blind Order, Sanctimonius, Sanctus Diavolos; Theogonia: Gaia Telus, Rege Diabolicus; Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού: Grandis ...
The Wheel of Fortune from Carmina Burana. Carmina Burana (/ ˈ k ɑːr m ɪ n ə b ʊ ˈ r ɑː n ə /, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" [Buria in Latin]) is a manuscript of 254 [1] poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century.
The earliest form of Alleluia, dulce carmen is found in manuscripts of the 11th century kept at the British Museum. [1]It was traditionally sung in Gallican liturgies, such as the rite of Lyon, or English liturgies, such as the use of Sarum, in "clausula Alleluia", as a farewell to the Alleluia in the week before the Sunday of Septuagesima, until the first Vespers.
A bhajan or kirtan is a Hindu devotional song. Bhajans are often simple songs in lyrical language expressing emotions of love for the Divine. Notable authors include Kabir, Surdas, and Tulsidas. Chinese Sanqu poetry was a Chinese poetic genre popular from the 12th-century Jin Dynasty through to the early Ming.
One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; Bowie had also hoped to produce a televised musical based on the book. [31] "2112" 2112: Rush: Anthem: Ayn Rand: Song shares themes with the novel, such that Neil Peart recognized Rand in the album's liner notes. [32] "Abigail" Creatures: Motionless in White: The ...
The song climbed all the way to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it an early-career success for the new album. The achievements set the foundation for the band to release their debut ...
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries, with later additions and redactions.