Aaron Rabushka wrote:

>Although it ends on a pessimistic note ("Veniat omnes plangite"--"Come,
>all, cry") I can't quite put "Carmina Burana" in the category of dark
>music.  Also, is "Deus Irae" ("God of Wrath" I suppose) something distinct
>from "Dies Irae"?

Thank you.  It just goes to show that fingers can keep on typing even after
the brain disconnects.  Or maybe a freudian slip.:>)

As for Carmina Burana, I was responding to an earlier post that nominated
it for the wrong movie.  However, since I first heard 'O fortuna' as the
background of 'The Omen', and found it menacing in that context, I am not
sure what I would think had I first encountered it purely as music, without
the movie.  And, upon reflection, 'menacing' is not the same necessarily as
'dark' - something dark may have menace, but does not need to have menace
in it, in order to be 'dark'.

Rich Courchesne
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