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unusual facts about dirge


Moshe Alshich

#Alshich wrote also a poem, "Dirge on the Exile of Israel," in a very simple style in ten rhyming verses.


Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror

Peter Dendle called it "a high-impact, somber dirge that sustains tension mercilessly and wastes little time on plot and circumstance." Dendle states that though it is often dismissed as a cheap clone of Zombi 2, Burial Ground improves on that film's strong points.

Francis C. Speight

At the service's conclusion, a band played a dirge and the battalion presented arms as the casket was taken to Evergreen Cemetery for burial.

Mason Jennings

On February 10, 2004, Jennings released Use Your Voice, which notably included the songs "Keepin' It Real," ostensibly written at the request of Shrek 2 producers (but not used in the film), and "The Ballad of Paul and Sheila," an acoustic dirge for late Minnesota senator Paul Wellstone.

Roman Dirge

Roman Dirge (born Roman Elliot on April 29, 1972) is an American comic book writer, artist and former magician best known as the creator of the Lenore comic book series.

26 episodes of a Lenore Animation were created for Sony's website ScreenBlast, these are no longer available on Screenblast, but can now be seen on Dirge's site Spooky Land.

Sabis

The Sword of Knowledge, a trilogy of fantasy novels the first of which is called A Dirge for Sabis

The Gilded Palace of Sin

"Sin City", co-written by Hillman and Parsons, called a "loping lament" and a "cautionary dirge", mentions The Byrds's manager Larry Spector ("a gold plated door") and Robert F. Kennedy ("tried to clean up this town").

The Testament of Freedom

The second movement is slower in nature, and resembles a dirge; numerous writers, including Virgil Thompson, commented on its resemblance to Eastern Orthodox chant.

Timor mortis conturbat me

As in William Dunbar's Lament for the Makars, the phrase Timor mortis conturbat me completes each stanza of the dirge; it is noted that Eddison was a scholar of medieval poetry.

Zero She Flies

#"Lyke-Wake Dirge" (Traditional) – 4:22 vocals by Mimi Fariña


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