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... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > death in culture > death-related music
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death-related music  

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  • Death-related music is that which deals with death either as a theme in lyrical content or musical composition or is in some way connected to the experience of death or cultural rituals that accompany death. The universality of death has made it a subject matter historically dealt with broadly in both classical and popular music. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Death-Related Music]

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