Difference between revisions of "Dirge"
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| − | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] (denoting the [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] (denoting the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_for_the_Dead Office for the Dead]): from Latin ''dirige''! (imperative) ‘direct!,’ the first word of an antiphon (Psalm 5:8) used in the Latin Office for the Dead. |
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''dirige'' (current contracted form is from c.1400), from Latin ''dirige'' "direct!" imperative of ''dirigere'' "to direct," probably from antiphon ''Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam'', "Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy [[sight]]," from Psalm v:9, which opened the Matins service in the ''Office of the Dead.'' Transferred sense of "any funeral song" is from c.1500. | ''dirige'' (current contracted form is from c.1400), from Latin ''dirige'' "direct!" imperative of ''dirigere'' "to direct," probably from antiphon ''Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam'', "Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy [[sight]]," from Psalm v:9, which opened the Matins service in the ''Office of the Dead.'' Transferred sense of "any funeral song" is from c.1500. | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
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*2: a mournful [[song]], piece of music, or [[poem]]: singers chanted ''dirges'' | figurative : the [[wind]] howled dirges around the chimney. | *2: a mournful [[song]], piece of music, or [[poem]]: singers chanted ''dirges'' | figurative : the [[wind]] howled dirges around the chimney. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | A brief [[hymn]] or [[song]] of [[lamentation]] and [[grief]]; it was typically composed to be performed at a [[funeral]]. In [ | + | A brief [[hymn]] or [[song]] of [[lamentation]] and [[grief]]; it was typically composed to be performed at a [[funeral]]. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_poetry lyric poetry], a dirge tends to be shorter and less meditative than an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy elegy]. See Christina Rossetti’s “[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=180634 A Dirge]” and Sir Philip Sidney’s “[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=174435 Ring Out Your Bells].” |
[[Category: Music]] | [[Category: Music]] | ||
[[Category: Religion]] | [[Category: Religion]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:56, 12 December 2020
Origin
Middle English (denoting the Office for the Dead): from Latin dirige! (imperative) ‘direct!,’ the first word of an antiphon (Psalm 5:8) used in the Latin Office for the Dead.
dirige (current contracted form is from c.1400), from Latin dirige "direct!" imperative of dirigere "to direct," probably from antiphon Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam, "Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy sight," from Psalm v:9, which opened the Matins service in the Office of the Dead. Transferred sense of "any funeral song" is from c.1500.
Definitions
- 1: a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.
- 2: a mournful song, piece of music, or poem: singers chanted dirges | figurative : the wind howled dirges around the chimney.
Description
A brief hymn or song of lamentation and grief; it was typically composed to be performed at a funeral. In lyric poetry, a dirge tends to be shorter and less meditative than an elegy. See Christina Rossetti’s “A Dirge” and Sir Philip Sidney’s “Ring Out Your Bells.”
