Do you know if it was based on any plain chant roots? The ostinato shares a basic note structure with the Dies Irae, (Day of Wrath) and I’ve been wondering if they were connected.
Yeah, but both of those tunes have really ancient decent. So I was wondering if they were connected or inspired way back when, or if they just both happened to use the same four note combination.
Do you know if it was based on any plain chant roots? The ostinato shares a basic note structure with the Dies Irae, (Day of Wrath) and I’ve been wondering if they were connected.
Nope! Sorry, that’s far deeper, arcane knowledge than I hold.
I mean at this point the Dies Irae is like a littls meme/reference for composers, no? Like a sheet music version of a Vine
Yeah, but both of those tunes have really ancient decent. So I was wondering if they were connected or inspired way back when, or if they just both happened to use the same four note combination.