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Leck mich im Arsch. " Leck mich im Arsch " (German for "Lick me in the arse") is a canon in B-flat major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 231 (K. 382c), with lyrics in German. It was one of a set of at least six canons probably written in Vienna in 1782. [ 1] Sung by six voices as a three-part round, it is thought to be a party piece for ...
Nessun dorma. " Nessun dorma " ( Italian: [nesˌsun ˈdɔrma]; English: " Let no one sleep ") [ 1] is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini 's opera Turandot (text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni) and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto (the unknown prince), who falls in love at ...
Latin. Composed. c. 1556/1570. Scoring. 40 voices a cappella. Spem in alium ( Latin for "Hope in any other") is a 40-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed in c. 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each. It is considered by some critics to be the greatest piece of English early music. H.
Miserere. (Allegri) Sistine Chapel. Miserere (full title: Miserere mei, Deus, Latin for "Have mercy on me, O God") is a setting of Psalm 51 (Psalm 50 in Septuagint numbering) by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri. It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for the exclusive use of the Sistine Chapel during ...
Media and film. [] On 24 December 1906, Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor and radio pioneer, broadcast the first AM radio program, which started with a phonograph record of " Ombra mai fu ". [ 4 ][ 5 ] A 1980s electronic mix instrumental version of the aria can be heard in the cherry blossom viewing scene and forms a central part of Kon ...
See media help. The " Song of the Volga Boatmen " (known in Russian as Эй, ухнем! [Ey, ukhnem!, "Yo, heave-ho!"], after the refrain) is a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev and published in his book of folk songs in 1866. [ 1] It was sung by burlaks, or barge-haulers, on the Volga River.
The Seikilos epitaph is an Ancient Greek inscription that preserves the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Commonly dated between the 1st and 2nd century AD, the inscription was found engraved on a pillar ( stele) from the ancient Hellenistic town of Tralles (present-day Turkey) in 1883.
Panis angelicus (Latin for "Bread of Angels" or "Angelic Bread") is the penultimate stanza of the hymn "Sacris solemniis" written by Saint Thomas Aquinas for the feast of Corpus Christi as part of a complete liturgy of the feast, including prayers for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours . The strophe of " Sacris solemniis " that begins with ...