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A threnody is a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person (synonyms include dirge, coronach, lament, and elegy). The term originates from the Greek word threnoidia, from threnos (lament) + oide (song). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root wed- (to speak) that is also the forefather of such words as ode, tragedy, comedy, parody, melody, and rhapsody. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... For other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a god or other religiously significant figure. ... Margaret of Spain, Empress of Austria, in Mourning, 1666; note the children and servants in mourning dress behind her. ... The memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii commemorates American dead from wars in the Pacific. ... Synonyms (in ancient Greek syn συν = plus and onoma όνομα = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings. ... Look up Dirge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A coronach (also written coranich, corrinoch, coranach, cronach, etc. ... A lament or lamentation is a song or poem expressing grief, regret or mourning. ... For other uses, see Elegy (disambiguation). ... The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans. ... For other uses, see Ode (disambiguation). ... In general usage a tragedy is a play, movie or sometimes a real world event with a sad outcome. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up rhapsody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

One recent example of a threnody is Krzysztof Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima; a classic jazz threnody is I Remember Clifford, written to honour the memory of Clifford Brown. Krzysztof Penderecki. ... The musical composition Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (Tren ofiarom Hiroszimy in Polish), for 52 string instruments, was composed in 1959 by Krzysztof Penderecki (b. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... I Remember Clifford is the name of a beautiful jazz threnody written by jazz tenor saxophone player Benny Golson in memory of Clifford Brown, the influential, highly-rated and much-loved jazz trumpeter who died in an auto accident when he was only 25 years old; he and Golson had... Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. ...

Cultural references

• Epitaphios Threnos is the lamentation chanted in the Eastern Orthodox Church on Holy Saturday.
• "Threnody" is the title of a famous poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson written in memory of his son, who had recently died.

• "Threnody for the Lost" by fictional poet Esmund Chadleigh is central to the story of the book "Murder in the Museum" by Simon Brett ISBN 0-7531-1923-4 Pub: May 2004

• Liszt's piano series Années de Pèlerinage includes two 'Thrénodies' set in the context of the Villa d'Este.

• The music of the opening credits of the movie X-Files: Fight the Future, though in no way reminiscent of an actual threnody, is entitled Threnody in X, possibly in reference to the X-files.

• Threnody is a mutant character in the X-Men comics.

• Threnody is a character in the Xanth series of novels by Piers Anthony.

• Threnody is also a category of song that the Bard class can play in Final Fantasy XI.

• Another Threnody found in modern music is the song A Threnody For Modern Romance by the metalcore band It Dies Today. The song was off their 2004 album: The Caitliff Choir, and was featured in the movie, The Cave.

• Robert Fripp has a track on the Bridge Between (by the Robert Fripp String Quintet), called Threnody For Souls In Torment.

• The Dead Science (an experimental pop band based in Seattle, Washington) has a track on theirs debut album Submariner called Threnody.

• Former ABBA member Anni-Frid Lyngstad, in her post-ABBA solo singing career, has also recorded a musical version of the Dorothy Parker poem "Threnody" which can be found on her 1982 album "Something's Going On". Anni-Frid has been quoted as describing the poem as something that has inspired her through tough times. The music was written by Roxette member Per Gessle.

• Michigan indie rock band Veronica Lake released a 7" entitled Threnody in 1993 on the Audrey's Diary label.

• The San Francisco duo Two Gallants recorded a song entitled Threnody In Minor B for their 2006 album What the Toll Tells on Saddle Creek Records.

• The post-rock band The Ascent of Everest have a song called A Threnody (For the Victims of November Second) on their debut album How Lonely Sits The City!. November second is the date of the 2004 United States Presidential Election when incumbent president, George W. Bush, defeated Democractic Presidential candidate John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards.

• A 2004 musical drama, Sandakan Threnody, dramatizes the suffering of Allied prisoners of war at Sandakan POW Camp, North Borneo, in 1942-45. The play was written by Australian composer Jonathan Mills, whose father survived a term of imprisonment at Sandakan, in 1942-43.

• Another reference to the term threnody is used in a MUD, or Multi-User Dungeon/Dimension, by the name of Avatar. When a player at the lord tier dies, a threnody dirge is initiated to return their corpse, and belongings, to them safely.

• Writer P. G. Wodehouse wrote a pastiche poem "Darkling: a Threnody" to highlight his contempt for modernistic styles of poetry.

• The last song from the 2007 album Theogonia by Greek black metal band Rotting Christ is called "Threnody".

• Groove metal band Chimaira also have a song titled "Threnody", which appears on Masters Of Horror, Vol. 2, the second soundtrack of rock music inspired by the Showtime series Masters Of Horror.

• Threnody is a glitch + dubstep producer from the United Kingdom.

• Threnody is a song by the Metal band Winterfell

• Threnody is also a song by the band Bo.Monro on their Mt. LaGrange EP.

• Morgana, the dark/fetish model, uses the moniker/site-name "Threnody In Velvet"

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External links

• Early Emerson Poems