NOUN
- the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath')
How To Use Dies Irae In A Sentence
- Those which do survive show that Bruck composed in the Josquin tradition and was a master of liturgical cantus-firmus treatment seen for example, in the sequence Dies irae as well as in the Te Deum, an alternatim setting in which with the exception of verse 16 the even numbered verses are set polyphonically. Archive 2009-06-01
- In the other boat, the priest had started gabbling in Latin - the Dies Irae, by the sound of it.
- The task of composing a unified ‘Dies irae’ made Poulenc shy from a full requiem.
- The orchestra follows with a suggestion of the Dies Irae in the tympani as the music reaches a climax that is followed by the quiet, concluding statement of the solo violin.
- But the text of Rex tremendae is part of the Dies irae sequence, not the other way round, and there is no trace of the Dies irae plainchant in Mozart's setting.
- Dies Irae was sung in octave alternatim by 250 people to create a beauty of enormous power. The Awesome Beauty of Silence
- The main theme of this movement is the Dies Irae from the medieval plainchant.
- The same Mass has Dies Irae sung in octave alternation. Never Before Heard in North America
- Dies Irae was sung in octave alternatim by 250 people to create a beauty of enormous power. The Awesome Beauty of Silence
- The piece is based on the old Dies Irae medieval plainsong chant.