Take a Deep Dive with Christy L'Esperance into a spine-chilling 800 year-old earworm that has you looking nervously over your shoulder.
The chant "Dies Irae," or "Day of Wrath," has its origins in the Funeral Mass. Was it always so creepy?
This plunge into one plaintive prayer—plundered over the centuries by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Led Zeppelin, Elsa of Arendelle and others—will have you recognizing it everywhere. (Disclaimer: This episode may elicit socially awkward outbursts of "A-HA! The Dies Irae!!")
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Does this saga end with a tidy conclusion or a tense cliffhanger? -
How did this composer's music, considered out of style at his death, become so popular that it was "Muzak'd to death" 200 years later? -
What image comes to mind when you hear the word "ragtime?"
