Epithalmion
Type: | | Structure, Subject |
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Description: | | A wedding song originally composed in three
movements: - Sung at the chamber door congratulating the bride and groom and urging them on to combat and muffle the sounds of said marital mambo.
- Sung
to refresh the "combatants" later in the night.
- Sung in the morning to congratulate them, urge a truce until the next evening, instructing them in their
marital duties, etc.
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Schematic: | | Varies, other than its having the three sections or
strophes. | |
See Also: | | Genethliacum, Prothalamion | |
Status: | | Complete | |
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