PeterthePapercomPoser Posted April 20, 2021 Posted April 20, 2021 I have a feeling there might be lots of Mahler posts in this topic but my personal favorite: 1 Quote
bkho Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor. I remembering first hearing this and having such a sense of foreboding, as if it were the essence of an Edgar Allen Poe story set to music. I then later learned that it was inspired by a dream Rachmaninoff had where he was at a funeral and as he approached the coffin, he began feeling more and more terrified and anxious until he finally sees who is in it... him of course! So my initial impression was right after all. 1 Quote
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 I thought for sure someone was going to mention this Mahler Symphony No.5 movement here (I like this one too and it has a section labeled "Trauermarsch" which means "Funeral March" in German): 1 Quote
Theodore Servin Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 This one to me is decent example, especially the ending: No one writes in B minor like Tchaikovsky 😭 Or, maybe these ones (Check this guy out, he's pretty amazing): 2 Quote
caters Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 Here are 3 pieces that I think illustrate 3 different aspects/types of death well: Grief after death, no matter how long after the death, the pain will return Slowly dying Tragic death 1 Quote
Albayrak Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Henry Purcel- lament, It has a nice orchestral transcription: tchaikovsky- elegy for strings; a dramatic introduction, lyrical main theme and a tragic middle part (3:00) vivaldi rv 447-2 introduction part 1 Quote
Aria Donn Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 Mahler, Symphony No. 10, in particular movement 5. m.337, or 1:12:00 exactly in the below recording, is pure catharsis, but given the context, the relief you feel is a very tragic relief. At least for me, I get the sense that the entire fifth movement is just someone dying, and this moment of release is when they finally come to terms with it. Quote
mercurypickles Posted June 18, 2022 Posted June 18, 2022 The final movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony. The ending seems to release itself into oblivion. Quote
Tónskáld Posted June 18, 2022 Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) The final moments of Sibelius' 7th. The gentle swells and the ultimate release are just so tranquil and moving, like slipping into the embrace of the next life. Edited June 18, 2022 by Tónskáld 2 Quote
Quinn Posted June 19, 2022 Posted June 19, 2022 I was in two minds about responding on this topic but since Tónskáld has mentioned Sibelius, the one work that I feel captures death is Sibelius' Valse Triste. I once did a piano arrangement of it. Quote
Rômulo Mello Posted July 14, 2022 Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) a Edited June 1, 2023 by Rômulo Mello Quote
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