Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)
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title:
Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)
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Lux Aeterna is a piece for a 16-part mixed choir, written by György Ligeti in 1966. It is most famous for its use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and its 1984 sequel, Peter Hyams' 2010: The Year We Make Contact. The text is from the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass: Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis, which means "May everlasting light shine upon them, O Lord, with thy saints i
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1966 choral piece by György Ligeti
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux_Aeterna_(Ligeti)
date created:
2008-03-21T03:29:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T02:29:58Z
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