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Originally Posted by Ch'i
Edvard Grieg, in his Pier Gynt suite No.1, wrote a song called Ase's Death after his wife died that's definately one of the most depressing songs I've ever heard.
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I had never heard this piece before, until I had to play it at a concert (with orchestra, of course). I was blown away by how haunting it was. I looked at the audience, and, I'm not kidding, I could see three people crying, all in the first or second row.
But anyways, I'd have to say that the most heart-wrenching songs I've ever heard are from a couple of Puccini operas. Nothing I've ever heard has had the impact these songs have had on me (and I have a HUGE music collection).
"E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca, "Un bel di" and "Tu? tu? Piccolo iddio" from Madama Butterfly are the most dramatic and depressing songs I've ever heard. They're serious business, especially if you have a good recording and are familiar with the back-stories.
Fuck, now I'm depressed. Thanks a lot. 
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I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. ~H.A. Overstreet
Last edited by archetypal fool; 05-26-2007 at 07:49 PM..
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