[ES/EN] "Dies Irae"

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  • [ES] En las misas de R茅quiem, misas de difuntos (las cuales se realizan desde el siglo XIII aproximadamente) se suelen organizar varias lecturas de textos en lat铆n, muchos de los cuales tienen m煤sica incluida. Una de las melod铆as mas famosas de estas misas es el "Dies Irae"

  • [EN] In the Requiem masses, masses for the dead (which have been performed since the 13th century approximately), various readings of texts in Latin are often recited, many of which have music included. One of the most famous melodies of these masses is the "Dies Irae"


                                                Dies irae 
                                                dies illa
                                              solvet saeclum
                                                in favilla 

                                               D铆a de la ira,
                                             aquel d铆a en que
                                            el mundo se deshar谩
                                                en cenizas

                                             The day of wrath,
                                                 that day
                                         will dissolve the world 
                                                 in ashes

  • [ES] Con el paso del tiempo, esta melod铆a se comenz贸 a desprender del texto que la compone. Haciendo que nuevos compositores la liguen a momentos tensos relacionados a la muerte, o 煤nicamente situaciones emocionantes.

  • [EN] With the passage of time, this melody began to detach from the text that composes it. Making new composers link her to tense moments related to death, or just exciting situations.

                                     MUCHOS, MUCHOS A脩OS DESPU脡S
                                       MANY, MANY YEARS LATER
  • [ES] Pero el Dies Irae no es una melod铆a que haya muerto hace siglos, por el contrario ha sabido reinventarse y muchos compositores musicales la han incluido en el cine moderno.

    Para dar ejemplo de esto, estas son algunas de las pel铆culas donde se incluye la melod铆a del Dies Irae de manera directa, o con alguna modificaci贸n compositiva.

  • [EN] But the Dies Irae is not a melody that has died centuries ago, on the contrary it has managed to reinvent itself and many musical composers have included it in modern cinema.

    To give an example of this, these are some of the films where the melody of the Dies Irae is included directly, or with some compositional modification.

    • Star Wars
    • The Lion King
    • Its a Wonderful Life
    • The Lord of the Rings
    • Jurassic Park
    • Groundhog Day

  • [ES] Incluso todo el repertorio musical de Frozen II fue inspirado en el Dies Irae

  • [EN] Even the entire musical repertoire of Frozen II was inspired by the Dies Irae

  • [ES] Ahora que sabes de la existencia del Dies Irae, no podr谩s evitar escucharlo en cada pel铆cula que lo incluya. Cu茅ntame, 驴en qu茅 otras pel铆culas has escuchado sonar esta melod铆a?

  • [EN] Now that you know about the existence of Dies Irae, you won't be able to avoid hearing it in every movie that includes it. Tell me, in what other movies have you heard this melody play?

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