requiems

Her hymns of praise are the glad songs of birds; her requiems are the meanings of the pines; her symphonies the solemn roaring of the winds.

John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park 1890

I asked his reaction to the never-ending requiems for jazz because—it is ruefully claimed—younger audiences are less and less attracted to it.

Composition for the Dearly Departed Nat Hentoff 2011

The oratorios and formal pieces he wrote dealt authentically and deeply with the enormously important and sensitive affairs of state that racked France at the time: he wrote profoundly moving music for solemn occasions, like requiems for heroes, and this after having written triumphant oratorio in their praise.

Laurence Vittes: Clap Between Movements: LA, Pasadena & Versailles Laurence Vittes 2010

Soon, he was singing in opera and concert appearances around Europe: the Verdi and Mozart requiems in Edinburgh, and even a debut at Covent Garden in 1950 in the relatively small role of Pistol in Verdi's "Falstaff," when La Scala visited the house on tour.

Opera singer Cesare Siepi dies at 87 2010

But look closely, and you wonder whether it's time to sing requiems for our email addresses.

Here's looking @ you, kid Peter Griffin 2010

The oratorios and formal pieces he wrote dealt authentically and deeply with the enormously important and sensitive affairs of state that racked France at the time: he wrote profoundly moving music for solemn occasions, like requiems for heroes, and this after having written triumphant oratorio in their praise.

Laurence Vittes: Clap Between Movements: LA, Pasadena & Versailles Laurence Vittes 2010

But look closely, and you wonder whether it's time to sing requiems for our email addresses.

Here's looking @ you, kid Peter Griffin 2010

But look closely, and you wonder whether it's time to sing requiems for our email addresses.

Redefining Electronic Communication Peter Griffin 2010

This work, like all requiems of the time, is based on the gregorian requiem, and was written in a strict and sober style.

Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

The tract is Absolve domine rather than Sicut cervus, found in the earlier polyphonic requiems of Ockeghem and La Rue.

Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009