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SecretMethod70 · 04-24-2007, 04:08 PM

I suppose some may think this is a morbid topic, but oh well

How do you envision your own funeral? Is there anyone in particular, at the moment, that you'd like to give your eulogy? Any particular music you would like to be played? Any other thoughts you may have?

Or maybe you just don't care?

This isn't exactly something I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about, but I do have a couple specific thoughts regarding how I would like people to spend their time remembering me.

In general, I don't want my funeral to be an overly sad occasion. If I could plan my own funeral, I would forgo the standard funeral procedure in favor of something a bit different. Aside for the basics, I don't want too much talking. Rather, I would like people to sit back and be immersed in a live performance of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 (chamber orchestra version). From the moment I performed it during my sophomore year of college, it has been my favorite requiem and inspires the very emotions I would like people to have as they gather for my funeral. Fauré put it quite well when he said, "It has been said that my Requiem does not express the fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance [...] rather than as a painful experience." That is why, as people gather in remembrance of me and to say goodbye, I would like it to be framed by this music. Other than that, I don't really care. I only wish I could be there to hear it too

So what about you? Is there anything in particular you want for your own funeral?

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In case anyone's interested, I made it so you can download the entire requiem. It's approx. 80MB of 320kbps mp3.

http://rapidshare.com/files/27763109...1893_.zip.html
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V1IWWRW9
http://download.yousendit.com/F398C40501E59DB6

04-24-2007, 04:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Your Funeral I suppose some may think this is a morbid topic, but oh well How do you envision your own funeral? Is there anyone in particular, at the moment, that you'd like to give your eulogy? Any particular music you would like to be played? Any other thoughts you may have? Or maybe you just don't care? This isn't exactly something I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about, but I do have a couple specific thoughts regarding how I would like people to spend their time remembering me. In general, I don't want my funeral to be an overly sad occasion. If I could plan my own funeral, I would forgo the standard funeral procedure in favor of something a bit different. Aside for the basics, I don't want too much talking. Rather, I would like people to sit back and be immersed in a live performance of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 (chamber orchestra version). From the moment I performed it during my sophomore year of college, it has been my favorite requiem and inspires the very emotions I would like people to have as they gather for my funeral. Fauré put it quite well when he said, "It has been said that my Requiem does not express the fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance [...] rather than as a painful experience." That is why, as people gather in remembrance of me and to say goodbye, I would like it to be framed by this music. Other than that, I don't really care. I only wish I could be there to hear it too So what about you? Is there anything in particular you want for your own funeral? ------------ In case anyone's interested, I made it so you can download the entire requiem. It's approx. 80MB of 320kbps mp3. http://rapidshare.com/files/27763109...1893_.zip.html http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V1IWWRW9 http://download.yousendit.com/F398C40501E59DB6 __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling Last edited by SecretMethod70; 05-04-2007 at 04:53 PM..