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One of the most widely used, most recognizable plainsong melodies from antiquity is the one employed in the Dies Irae, or the Mass of the Dead. Thomas of Celano is thought to have been composed it in approximately 1250 AD. It is a hymn about the final days and Last Judgment on earth. The plainsong melody is in a mixed dorian and Hypo-dorian (pure minor) mode. ................
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