Bonus:
I think the Mozart is more popular, but I prefer Verdi's. Those little bassoon runs...
Summary: Day of Wrath
Commentary: Surprisingly, not "D is for Drinking."
Let's get the song out of the way first. Besides the Verdi requiem, there's also Mozart's:
More of a "plotting villain" feel.
And the chant:
For your funeral mass.
Mostly 8 foot stanzas (my Latin syllable counting is probably off). Each verse rhymes with itself (AAA, BBB, etc.)
Lyrically, I think the first person urgency is what sticks out here:
What shall I, frail man, be pleading?Who for me be interceding,When the just are mercy needing?
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?
Quem patronum rogaturus,
Cum vix iustus sit securus?
There are plenty of first person hymns and salvation/judgement ones ("Amazing Grace" is both), but none with this level of desperation. 5/5 if you do the Verdi, other scores depending on accompaniment, or lack there of.
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