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Planctus

A planctus ("plaint") is a lament or dirge, a song or poem expressing grief or mourning. It became a popular literary form in the Middle Ages, when they were written in Latin and in the vernacular (e.g., the planh of the troubadours). The most common planctus is to mourn the death of a famous person, but a number of other varieties have been identified…

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Edges21
Triples15
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
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Planctus → In Sadie, ISBN, John, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, London, Macmillan Publishers, Music, Musicians, Stanley, Stevens, The New Grove Dictionary, Tyrrell, Wikisource-logo

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Planctusrelated to ReferencesLock-green0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesLock-red-alt-20.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesWikisource-logo0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesStevens0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesJohn0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesIn Sadie0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesStanley0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesTyrrell0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesThe New Grove Dictionary0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesMusic0.60section
Planctusrelated to ReferencesMusicians0.60section

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