There is also a setting of the Dies Irae in Disney's 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'
Gary Griffiths Musical Director Inspiration > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Darcy James Argue > Sent: 27 October 2009 06:42 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Dies Irae > > Bob, you omitted what is perhaps the most culturally significant use > of "Dies Irae" in living memory: > > > A version of "Dies Irae" was used in WWE/WWF's WrestleMania XIV > > during the video package to promote the buildup to The Undertaker > > and Kane's historic first match against one another. > > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://secretsociety.typepad.com > > On 27 Oct 2009, at 12:57 AM, Bob Morabito wrote: > > > Hi Matthew-- > > > > According to Google--hope this helps:) > > > > Bob > > ------: > > > > Penderecki: Symphony 8 - Dies Irae > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_Irae > > > > The words have often been set to music as part of the Requiem > > service, originally as a sombre plainchant. It also formed part of > > the traditional Catholic liturgy of All Souls Day. Music for the > > Requiem Mass has been composed by many composers, including Wolfgang > > Amadeus Mozart as well as Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi, and Igor > > Stravinsky. The setting by Mozart, especially the first two stanzas > > (Requiem, 2nd movement), is often heard in the scores of movies and > > the musical "beds" of commercials (e.g. X2: X-Men United). > > > > The traditional Gregorian melody has also been used as a musical > > quotation in a number of other classical compositions, among them: > > > > * Thomas Adès - Living Toys > > * Charles-Valentin Alkan - Symphony for Solo Piano, Op. 39, > > Souvenirs: Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique, Op. 15 - (No. 3 > > - Morte) > > * David Baker - Fantasy on Themes from Masque of the Red Death > > Ballet > > * Ernest Bloch - Suite Symphonique [4] > > * Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique > > * Johannes Brahms - Klavierstück, Op. 118, No. 6 > > * Benjamin Britten - War Requiem > > * Antoine Brumel - Dies Irae > > * Elliott Carter - In Sleep, In Thunder, #4 > > * Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Grand Office des Morts > > * George Crumb - Black Angels, Makrokosmos Volume II, Star Child > > * Luigi Dallapiccola - Canti di prigionia > > * Michael Daugherty - Metropolis Symphony 5th mvmt, “Red Cape > > Tango”. Dead Elvis > > * Raymond Deane - Seachanges > > * Ernő Dohnányi - Rhapsody in E-flat minor, Op. 11, No. 4 > > * Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 7 in D minor, mvmt 1 > > * Martin Ellerby - Paris Sketches, mvmt 3 > > * Antonio Estévez - Cantata Criolla (1954) > > * Jean Françaix - Cinq poemes de Charles d'Orléans > > * Diamanda Galás - Masque Of The Red Death: Part I - Divine > > Punishment & Saint Of The Pit: Track 5. Heautontimorounenos > > (Restless Souls) > > * Robert Gerhard - Piano Concerto > > * Alexander Glazunov - Moyen Age > > * Leopold Godowsky - Piano Sonata in E minor, mvmt 5 > > * Berthold Goldschmidt - Beatrice Cenci opera > > * Charles Gounod - Faust opera, Act IV; Mors et Vita > > * Sofia Gubaidulina - Am Rande des Abgrunds (On the edge of > > abyss), for 7 celli & 2 aquaphones > > * Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 103, "The Drumroll" > > * Heinz Holliger - Violin Concerto, 2nd movement > > * Vagn Holmboe - Symphony No. 10, 1st & 4th mvmts; Symphony No. > > 11, 1st mvmt > > * Arthur Honegger - La Danse des Morts > > * Karl Jenkins - Requiem > > * Miloslav Kabeláč - Symphony No. 8 Antiphonies > > * Aram Khachaturian - Symphony No. 2 The Bell Symphony, Spartacus > > * György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre > > * Franz Liszt - Dante Symphony, Totentanz > > * Charles Martin Loeffler - One Who Fell in Battle, Rhapsodies > > for oboe, viola, and piano, 1st movement, and several songs > > * Jean-Baptiste Lully - Dies Irae > > * Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2, mvmts 1, 3, and 5 > > * Bohuslav Martinů - Cello Concerto No. 2, final movement. > > * Nikolai Medtner - Piano Quintet in C Major, Op. posth. > > * Modest Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain, Songs and Dances of > > Death > > * Nikolai Myaskovsky - Piano Sonata No. 2, Symphony No. 6 > > * Carl Orff - Carmina Burana > > * Krzysztof Penderecki - Dies Irae > > * Ildebrando Pizzetti - Requiem, Assassinio nella cattedrale > > * Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 1, Op. 13, Symphony No. 2, > > Op. 27, Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28, Isle of the Dead, Op. > > 29, Prelude in E minor, Op. 32, No. 4, The Bells choral symphony, > > Op. 35, Études-Tableaux, Op. 39, No. 2, Rhapsody on a Theme of > > Paganini, Op. 43, Symphony No. 3, Op. 44, Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 > > * Ottorino Respighi - Brazilian Impressions > > * Marcel Rubin - Symphony No. 4, 2nd mvmt (Dies Irae) > > * Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre, Requiem, Symphony No. 3 > > ("Organ Symphony") > > * Aulis Sallinen - Aulis Dies Irae, Op. 47 > > * Ernest Schelling - Impressions from an Artist's Life > > * Peter Schickele (P. D. Q. Bach) - Unbegun Symphony > > * William Schmidt - Tuba mirum > > * Alfred Schnittke - Symphony No. 1, mvmt 4 > > * Peter Sculthorpe - Memento Mori (1993) > > * Dmitri Shostakovich - Music for Hamlet, Symphony No. 14 > > * Jean Sibelius - Lemminkäinen Suite > > * Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji - Variazioni e fuga triplice sopra > > “Dies iræ” per pianoforte (1923-26), Sequentia cyclica super > > “Dies iræ” ex Missa pro defunctis in clavicembali usum (1948-49) > > * Ronald Stevenson - Passacaglia on DSCH (1962-3) > > * Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Dance of > > the Seven Veils from Salome > > * Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (sacrifice intro); Three > > pieces for String Quartet (III, "Canticle"); Histoire du Soldat; > > Wind Octet, (Tema Con Variazioni) > > * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Grand Sonata, Op. 37; Manfred > > Symphony; Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 55; Modern Greek Song, Op. 16, > > No. 6; Marche Funèbre, Op. 21, No. 4 > > * Frank Ticheli - Vesuvius > > * Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Tudor Portraits > > * Adrian Williams - Dies Irae > > * James Yannatos - Trinity Mass > > * Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonata in A minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Obsession" > > * Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz - The Hunchback of Notre Dame > > soundtracks > > > > > > On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Matthew Hindson wrote: > > > >> Any listers know of a list of 20C works that use the Dies Irae in > >> some form > >> or another? > >> > >> There is Rachmaninoff, of course, and Michael Daugherty's "Dead > >> Elvis". > >> Also Crumb uses it now and then e.g. Black Angels, Makrokosmos II. > >> But any > >> others that come to mind? 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