{"id":204,"date":"2015-11-16T18:22:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T23:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewklusman.com\/blog\/?p=204"},"modified":"2015-11-15T01:56:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T06:56:02","slug":"all-souls-mozart-and-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewklusman.com\/blog\/all-souls-mozart-and-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"All Souls’, Mozart, and Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dies\u00a0irae, dies illa,<\/em>
\nsolvet saeculum in favilla,<\/em>
\nteste David cum Sibylla.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thus begins that famous Catholic hymn, the Dies Irae. \u00a0<\/em>That day of wrath, that dreadful day, shall heaven and earth in ashes lay, as David and the Sybil say.<\/p>\n

Haunting and beautiful, that hymn permeates Western civilization. \u00a0“Andy, you kid. \u00a0That medieval and negative piece\u00a0was shown the door by Annibale Bugnini, we haven’t heard it outside of concert halls in decades.” \u00a0But, au contraire, mon frere,<\/em>\u00a0this video, A Musical History of Death<\/a>, will walk you through how the Dies Irae<\/em> influences our culture in many varied settings, from music, movies, even books!<\/p>\n

But, as I was sitting, prayerfully taking in the symphonic joy that was Holy Rosary’s<\/a> (Indianapolis, IN) All Souls’ Day Mozart Requiem Mass, I was jarred. \u00a0I had “prepared” for the Mass by listening to some of the pieces from Mozart’s Requiem on my drive out to Indy from Terre Haute, but I hadn’t noticed this in my drive. \u00a0But, before I mention it, go ahead and give this a watch.<\/p>\n