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  2. Funeral march - Wikipedia

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    A funeral march (marche funèbre in French, marcia funebre in Italian, Trauermarsch in German, marsz żałobny in Polish), as a musical genre, is a march, usually in a minor key, in a slow "simple duple" metre, imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession.

  3. Piano piece - Wikipedia

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    It is a generic name for any composition for the instrument, but when used in a title (Piano Piece, Piece for Piano) the name is used to indicate a (usually) single-movement composition for solo piano that has not been given a more specific name (such as Sonatina, Allegro de concert or Le Bananier), for example:

  4. Funeral March of a Marionette - Wikipedia

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    Funeral March of a Marionette (French: Marche funèbre d'une marionnette) is a short piece by Charles Gounod. It was originally written for solo piano in 1872 and orchestrated in 1879. It is perhaps best known as the theme music for the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents. [1]

  5. Dirge - Wikipedia

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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] Dirges are often slow and bear the character of funeral marches.

  6. Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns) - Wikipedia

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    The piece is used in the opening of season 2, episode 8, of the USA original, Mr. Robot (2016). The piece is arranged in multiple levels of The End is Nigh (2017), such as "The End" and "Mortaman". This piece is used in the soundtrack of the video games The Crew 2 (2018) and Forza Horizon 5 (2021). The piece is used in multiple episodes of the ...

  7. Musical composition - Wikipedia

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    Since the invention of sound recording, a classical piece or popular song may exist as a recording.If music is composed before being performed, music can be performed from memory (the norm for instrumental soloists in concerto performances and singers in opera shows and art song recitals), by reading written musical notation (the norm in large ensembles, such as orchestras, concert bands and ...

  8. Songs Without Words - Wikipedia

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    Cellist Carlos Prieto called the piece "an exquisite composition, worthy of the finest pieces Mendelssohn ever composed for this genre." [ 7 ] A piece for piano in E minor by Mendelssohn was published after his death under Op. 117, entitled Albumblatt ("Album Leaf"); [ 8 ] a further piece for piano by Mendelssohn was published after his death ...

  9. Totentanz (Liszt) - Wikipedia

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    Like most Liszt pieces, a number of versions exist. Next to Liszt's first version of the Totentanz a second De Profundis version was prepared from Liszt's manuscript sources by Ferruccio Busoni (1919). The standard version is the final and third version of the piece (1859). Liszt also wrote versions for two pianos (S.652) and solo piano (S.525).