requiem
Music for departed
A requiem is a Mass for the dead in the Roman Catholic Church, or the musical setting of that liturgy.
Mozart's Requiem and Verdi's Requiem are among the most celebrated.
By extension, requiem describes any solemn piece commemorating the dead, or figuratively, a final tribute to something that has ended: The documentary served as a requiem for the dying industry.
Mournful commemorative music
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- tributeOffering of respect
remembrance · farewell · commemoration · obituary · epitaph · keening · homage · valediction
Profound shared closeness
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
- introitOpening liturgical music
Dies Irae · offertory · absolution · blessing · celebrant · choir · incense · vestments
Eighteenth-century Austrian composer
- VerdiItalian opera composer
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
- DvořákCzech Romantic composer
- Britten"Peter Grimes" creator
Berlioz · orchestra · chorus · soprano · tenor · bass · symphony · score
dirge
Mournful commemorative music
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- eulogyTribute for the dead
tribute · remembrance · farewell · commemoration · obituary · epitaph · keening · homage · valediction · condolence
communion
Profound shared closeness
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
introit · Dies Irae · offertory · absolution · blessing · celebrant · choir · incense · vestments · sanctuary
Mozart
Eighteenth-century Austrian composer
Berlioz · Britten · orchestra · chorus · soprano · tenor · bass · symphony · score · movement
burial
Placing deceased underground
- intermentPutting a body underground
- funeralService honoring the dead
- processionFormal moving line
coffin · hearse · pall · shroud · mourners · graveside · cemetery · tomb · mausoleum · sepulcher
grave
Serious and worrying
reverent · hallowed · sacred · mournful · contemplative · meditative · pensive · serene · august · sublime
- Chantsplainsong, Gregorian chant, tribal chant, ritual chant, sacred chant
- funeral musicdirge, funeral march, funeral hymns, death march, mourning song
- MassesEaster Mass, wedding Mass, daily Mass, Tridentine Mass, Latin Mass
- Mass musicKyrie, Gloria, ordinary, proper, introit
- Requiemlux aeterna, introit, offertory, funeral mass, kyrie eleison
- sacred chantsGregorian chant, plainchant, plainsong, antiphons, graduals
requiemwedding march
Ceremonial aisle music
birthday song · jubilee · bar mitzvah · coming-of-age ceremony · baby shower
requiempaean
Laudatory song or ode
encomium · panegyric · hymn of praise · hallelujah · celebration
- requiem massLiturgy for the departed
- Mozart RequiemIncomplete mass for deceased