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A threnody is a wailing ode, song, hymn or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. The term originates from the Greek word θρηνῳδία (threnoidia), from θρῆνος and ᾠδή, the latter ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weyd- that is also the precursor of such words as "ode", "tragedy", "comedy", "parody", "melody" and "rhapsody".

Examples
In written works: • John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" • Countee Cullen's "Threnody for a Brown Girl" • Bruce Dawe's poem "Homecoming" • Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Threnody" • Peter H. Gilmore's "Threnody for Humanity" • A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" • Jan Kochanowski's "Laments" • Yusef Komunyakaa's "Sunset Threnody" in Dien Cai Dau (1988) • Anna Stanisławska's Transaction, or an Account of the Life of an Orphan Girl told through Mournful Laments in the Year 1685 In classical music: • Thomas J. Bergersen's "Threnody for Europe" • Benjamin Britten's "Threnody for Albert Herring" • Lou Harrison's Threnody for Carlos ChavezToshio Hosokawa's Threnody: To the victims of the Tōhoku 3.11 Earthquake (2011) • André Jolivet's "Chant de Linos" for flute and piano or flute, string trio and harp; described by the composer as "a form of threnody: a funeral lamentation interrupted by cries and dances" (1944, premiered 1 June 1945) • Janis Crystal Lipzin's 2003–05 film Threnody • Two "Thrénodies" from Franz Liszt's piano series Années de pèlerinage, set at the Villa d'Este • Marian McPartland's "Threnody", written in memory of pianist Mary Lou WilliamsKrzysztof Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima • Gordon Rumson's Threnody for John OgdonBright Sheng's Nanjing! Nanjing!William Grant Still's Threnody: In Memory of Jean SibeliusTakashi Yoshimatsu’s Threnody to Toki • "Threnody for Souls in Torment" by Robert Fripp In jazz: • "I Remember Clifford", written by Benny Golson to honor the memory of Clifford Brown • "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", written by Charles Mingus in memory of Lester Young • "Memories of Lee Morgan", composed by Pharoah Sanders in memory of Lee Morgan. (Morgan had played on Dizzy Gillespie's recording of "I Remember Clifford".) • "Bird's Lament" by Moondog, dedicated to Charlie Parker • "Threnody for Sharon Tate", written by Freddie Hubbard and İlhan Mimaroğlu, from the 1971 album Sing Me a Song of Songmy • "Lament for Booker", written by Horace Parlan in memory of Booker Ervin In film and other music: • "Threnody To Earth" by Dream Koala • "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John and Bernie Taupin • "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young • "Since I Lost You" by Genesis • "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton • "Threnody" by Sebastian • "Go Rest High on That Mountain" by Vince Gill • "Fiddler's Green" by The Tragically Hip • "Threnody" by Two GallantsMichael Jackson's "Little Susie" from the 1995 album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I • "Threnody for a Duck" from Peter and the Wolf (1975 rock album) by Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley • "Threnody" by Goldmund • "In Trenodia" by Ville Valo ==See also==
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