requiem (a musical setting of the mass for the dead; also a musical composition in honor of the dead)

  • 1Mass (music) — The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church) to music. Most Masses… …

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  • 2performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 3literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 4Josquin des Prez — 1611 woodcut of Josquin des Prez, copied from a now lost oil painting done during his lifetime[1] Josquin des Prez [Josquin Lebloitte dit Desprez] (French pronunciation: [ʒɔskɛ̃ depʁe]; c. 1450 to 1455 – 27 August 1521), often referred to… …

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  • 5HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …

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