Corsican Litany By Vaclav Nelhybel

Corsican Litany by Vaclav Nelhybel

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[ChristopherTN]

Nehlybel was once of the most influential composers in my short lived musical carrier. I used to have a score for this piece and if I recall, this piece was about a physician who was murdered by a patient. I love the way the bass represents the patient and later death itself. The struggle between life and death is so pronounced in this piece, and the chimes at the end, serving to remind us that death comes for everyone. Chills man. Don't guess you've got a recording of Ritual around do you? :)

[iruetheworld]

that was quick!

thank you SO much for uploading this on youtube.

i am glad that i can listen to this great piece,and Its nice to look back my freshman year in high school when i was new on trumet trying to get high F out :P

[angelacizzo]

namely prostitites were the payed morners

and is it the ending??

[walterkapusta]

Program notes on the original score: (PART 3)

The composer has based his CORSICAN LITANY on a vocero first known to have been sung in 1775 at the funeral of a country doctor named Mateju who had been murdered by his own patient, one Natale. The melody is introduced mournfully, but grows steadily in passionate intensity until an astonishing climax is reached in the final menacing oath of vengeance.

[walterkapusta]

Program notes on the original score: (PART 2)

Corsican laments, like Corsican deaths, were divided into two types: the ordinary lamento for death from natural causes, and the vocero if the mourned had been murdered. The latter then became a song of grief so intense, so filled with pain, that it could only be assuaged by an act of direst vengeance. The murderer was accused and identified by name, and the singer solemnly swore to it that he who had murdered would pay for it with his life.

[walterkapusta]

Program notes on the original score: (PART 1)

In many parts of the world it was once common practice during burial ceremonies to have professional mourners dramatize the grief of the bereaved by means of loud and emotional lamentations, repeated endlessly like a chant. In some places, notably the Mediterranean countries, these laments were actually sung, usually by women who were skilled in this macabre art and who could command pay for their services.

[mynamisdan]

@samreed2012 you should listen to more classical.

[samreed2012]

Not only is this my favorite song we've ever played in band, but it's definitely my favorite classical piece of all time. This song was the only good thing that came out of my sophomore year of high school.

[kbaby1234dayum]

i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oove this song!!! It really creates that image of death in my head. It makes me get into the song a lot more than i would have if i didn't know the story behind it. There are numerous times where i feel like crying along with the mourners and yelling with them too! this song really brings out the inner musician in me!! AAHH great piece Nehlybel!! :D

[punkyrubberducky4]

@punkyrubberducky4 *a copy of my HS band playing it. Blah.

[punkyrubberducky4]

I have a copy of my HS band from our spring recital; awesome underrated song. Lucky me got to play horn. :D