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Dissolve the World in Ashes, 2020
12 simultaneous requiems
duration: 3:36
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​Requiem Mass, Dies Irae Movement

Latin:
Dies iræ, dies illa,
Solvet sæclum in favilla:
Teste David cum Sibylla.

Approved Adaptation:
Day of wrath! O day of mourning!
See fulfilled the prophets' warning,
Heaven and earth in ashes burning!

Formal Equivalence:
The day of wrath, that day,
will dissolve the world in ashes:
David being witness along with the Sibyl.
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  • About
  • Projects
    • Concealed at First
    • My Head is Too Heavy
    • Volume's Surface
    • Absence of Light
    • Eidolon + Shadows
    • Infra Certum
    • Dissolve the World
    • Two Views
    • Migration of Silver
    • Dear Diary
    • Full of Sound and Fury
    • Harvey/Holzer
    • Transition States
    • Mozartova White
    • Ipseity Series