Lux Aeterna
The Music for the Requiem Mass is any music that accompanies the Requiem, a Mass in the Catholic Church for the deceased.
It has inspired a large number of compositions, including settings by Mozart, Berlioz, Donizetti, Verdi, and Bruckner.
Originally, such compositions were meant to be performed in liturgical service, with the monophonic chant. Eventually, the dramatic character of the text began to appeal to composers to an extent that they made they made the requiem a genre of its own, and the compositions of composers such as Verdi are essentially concert pieces rather than liturgical works.
Meaning of Lux Aeterna?
Eternal Light or eternal luminescence
Explanation:
The following are the texts that have been set to music. That the Libera Me and the in Paradisum are not part of the text of the Catholic Mass for the Dead itself, but a part of the burial rite that immediately follows.
Paradisum was traditionally said or sung as the body left the church, and the Libera Me is said/sung at the burial site before interment. These became included in musical settings of the Requiem in the 19th century as composers began to treat the form more liberally.
Where did Lux Aeterna come from?
The term "Lux Aeterna," while used for several pieces of art over the years, originated as a section of a liturgical chant in the Catholic requiem mass to honor the dead. Subsequently, several artists have re-imagined the antiphon used in communion.
Where is Lux Aeterna used?
"Lux Aeterna", has been used in many other films and video games