threnody

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English - Turkish
(Muzik) ağıt havası
{i} cenaze şarkısı
{i} ağıt
mersiye
English - English
A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy

A strongly personal note runs through Kenneth Leighton's Improvisation (Novello, 35p), which is a threnody in memory of Maurice de Sausmārez. Gently undulating, cantabile lines of ‘mourning’ alternate with sharp, anguished note-clusters which work up to a fierce paroxysm of grief.

a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
threnodies a funeral song or poem for someone who has died
A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge, an elegy
A song of lamentation; a threnode
{i} lament, song of grief
threnody

    Hyphenation

    thren·o·dy

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Ancient Greek θρηνῳδία (thrēnōidia, “lamentation”) from θρῆνος (thrēnos, “lament, wail, dirge”) + ᾠδή (ōidē, “song”).
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