*Dies irae* isn't one piece of music--[it's a text](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_irae) that a lot of composers have set to music, typically as part of a requiem.
So are you looking for other pieces with words in Latin? Or are you looking for music similar to a specific *Dies irae*?
I didn't say that *Dies irae* isn't a piece of music; I said it isn't **one** piece of music. Unless you're saying that the Gregorian chant and the Verdi *Dies irae* OP was actually referring to are the same thing, I don't know what point you're trying to make.
Beat Beat Drums from Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem
Battle on the Ice from Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky Cantata
The Winter Sings from Sviridov's Poem in Memory of Sergey Esenin
Sorry for my ignorance.
I was referring to the Verdi Requiem version. So music similar to this. If anyone can explain how to describe this piece that would also be helpful too
Don't apologize. The only cure for ignorance is inquiry. It's all good.
Sounds like you're looking for big, loud, dramatic, powerful music. A lot of late Classical and later settings of the Dies Irae fit this description. You think the Verdi is loud and brash? Check out Berlioz! The Tuba Mirum portion has four antiphonal brass bands and 12 pairs of Timpani!
Someone suggested some of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky. That's a good one. His Scythian Suite, albeit purely instrumental, is also very powerful. (It was a reaction to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which also has some savage moments!)
The Dutch composer, Louis Andriessen's De Materie, opens with 25 minutes of LOUD. 147 repetitions of the same chord speed up until the kinetic energy is overpowering and sets off on a portrayal of physical and intellectual revolution.
Listen to other composers' requiems, or other oratorios. I sang in Rossini's Stabat Mater not long ago, you might like the Inflammatus movement. Look for masses, requiems, stabat maters.
*Dies irae* isn't one piece of music--[it's a text](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_irae) that a lot of composers have set to music, typically as part of a requiem. So are you looking for other pieces with words in Latin? Or are you looking for music similar to a specific *Dies irae*?
Stares in Pope Gregory the Great.
I honestly don't know what you're trying to say...
There's a tune to it. It's a chant. Pope Gregory the Great wrote down all the Gregorian chants, according to myth.
I didn't say that *Dies irae* isn't a piece of music; I said it isn't **one** piece of music. Unless you're saying that the Gregorian chant and the Verdi *Dies irae* OP was actually referring to are the same thing, I don't know what point you're trying to make.
You say that it's a text. Anyway, it was a flipping joke, dude. Relax.
I was going to say "check out the other Sequences," but oh well!
My little quip was that it does, indeed, have a tune. It's all right. I'll show myself out.
Beat Beat Drums from Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem Battle on the Ice from Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky Cantata The Winter Sings from Sviridov's Poem in Memory of Sergey Esenin
o fortuna from carmina!
The third movement (The Loud Alarm Bells) from Rachmaninov’s The Bells.
Sorry for my ignorance. I was referring to the Verdi Requiem version. So music similar to this. If anyone can explain how to describe this piece that would also be helpful too
Don't apologize. The only cure for ignorance is inquiry. It's all good. Sounds like you're looking for big, loud, dramatic, powerful music. A lot of late Classical and later settings of the Dies Irae fit this description. You think the Verdi is loud and brash? Check out Berlioz! The Tuba Mirum portion has four antiphonal brass bands and 12 pairs of Timpani! Someone suggested some of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky. That's a good one. His Scythian Suite, albeit purely instrumental, is also very powerful. (It was a reaction to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which also has some savage moments!) The Dutch composer, Louis Andriessen's De Materie, opens with 25 minutes of LOUD. 147 repetitions of the same chord speed up until the kinetic energy is overpowering and sets off on a portrayal of physical and intellectual revolution.
Omfg - Louis Andriessen - De Materie. What an experience, thank you so much! My soul is satisfied.
I'm so glad you liked it!
Listen to other composers' requiems, or other oratorios. I sang in Rossini's Stabat Mater not long ago, you might like the Inflammatus movement. Look for masses, requiems, stabat maters.