aPaul,I think you are thinking of a requium. THe Mozzart one in D-minor is
especially beautiful. We sang it in Grand Chorus when I was in college. I
still remember some of the alto part, LOL.
Julie
>From: Ariel <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Echurch-USA The Electronic Church
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>Subject: Music Question
>Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:44:16 -0500
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>I've got a brain cramp. What's the name of the type of music played for
>funerals. Not a dirge, but there's a technical musical term for it. Mozart
>wrote a famous one that he is just finishing as he is dying in the movie
>Amadeus.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Paul
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