Death Pieces

[amanfang]

What pieces do you know that were specifically composed with death in mind??  I am looking for anywhere from Baroque to modern.  

[thierry13]

Hum : Beethoven 5th symphony
         Liszt's Totentaz(means : dance of the death)
         Saint-saens Dance macabre (dance of the death)
         Chopin Marche funebre
         Beethoven Marche funebre
         Liszt's Harmonie poetique et religieuse : funeraille
         
Others don't come to mind !

[willcowskitz]

Mozart's Requiem

[joell12068]

Ravel - Pavane pour une infante defunte = Pavane for a dead princess

[sagenwc]

Bruckner's 9th symphony.  It was dedicated to God and was never finished.

[Clare]

More Liszt: Liebestraum 2 - Blissful Death.

[amanfang]

Isn't Scarbo about a man who has just been hung??

[Its_about_nothing]

That's Le Gibet.

[amanfang]

That's right.... I got them temporarily confused  

[maxy]

Beethoven op.10 #3  2nd mvt
Liszt: Mazeppa: the horse dies  how sad!!!
Pavane pour une infante défunte: supposedly it was not inspired by death.  The title is just words that Ravel liked put together...  A poetic effect.

[michelshestak]

Janacek's Sonata October 1, 1905 was written in reaction to the death of a workman during a revolt at the university in Olomouc.  Movement one, Presentiment, is a passionate depiction of the uprising which leads to movement two, The Death, a somber and chilling finale to this unique but worthwhile work.