Sligo Image:Grabplatte Johann Wauer Hochkirch.jpg|Lengthy epitaph for Johann Wauer a (German pastor), died 1728, concluding with a short Biblical quotation Image:Mel Blanc 4-15-05.JPG|The epitaph on voice actor Mel Blanc's tombstone Heather O'Rourke crypt 2.jpg|Inscription at Heather O'Rourke's crypt ==In music== In a more figurative sense, the term may be used for music composed in memory of the deceased.
Igor Stravinsky composed in 1958 Epitaphium for flute, clarinet and harp.
In 1967 Krzysztof Meyer called his Symphony No.
In 1969, King Crimson released the song Epitaph, giving a reference to epitaphs within the song.
David Bowie's final album, Blackstar, released in 2016, is generally seen as his musical epitaph, with singles "Blackstar" and "Lazarus" often singled out. ==In space== In the late 1990s, a unique epitaph was flown to the Moon along with the ashes of geologist and planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker.
Bronius Kutavičius composed in 1998 Epitaphium temporum pereunti.
At the suggestion of colleague Carolyn Porco, Shoemaker's ashes were launched aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft on January 6, 1998.
Valentin Silvestrov composed in 1999 Epitaph L.B.
The spacecraft, along with the ashes and epitaph, crashed on command into the south polar region of the Moon on July 31, 1999. == See also == Chronogram Cenotaph Death poem Epigraph Epitaph (TV series) Eulogy Epitaphios logos (ancient Greek funeral oration) Hero stone Seikilos epitaph Epitaph Records == References == == Bibliography == Vidor, Gian Marco (2014).
In 2007 Graham Waterhouse composed Epitaphium for string trio as a tribute to the memory of his father William Waterhouse.
David Bowie's final album, Blackstar, released in 2016, is generally seen as his musical epitaph, with singles "Blackstar" and "Lazarus" often singled out. ==In space== In the late 1990s, a unique epitaph was flown to the Moon along with the ashes of geologist and planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker.
All text is taken from Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License .
Page generated on 2021-08-05