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Dies Irae

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What does Dies Irae mean?

noun

  1. the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath')
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In one of her Lettres d'un voyageur, she celebrates Liszt attacking the Dies irae on the Fribourg organ.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
Erik sang like the god of thunder, sang a DIES IRAE that enveloped us as in a storm.
Gaston LerouxThe Phantom of the OperaProject Gutenberg ebook #175