# Most beautiful piece of music.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 16, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-piece-of-music/299616 "2005-04-16T08:41:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-piece-of-music/299616/61 "2005-04-19T06:29:56Z")

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“Do Not Go Gentle Unto That Good Night” composed by Eliot del Borgo and based on the poem by Dylan Thomas. Even the cacophony in the middle is beautiful; it makes “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” in the brass all that much more gorgeous. We’re playing it in concert band right now, and it’s just starting to come together. Every rehearsal is filled with goosebumps.

“Dirait-on” from _Les Chansons des Roses_, a choral suite based on poems by Rainier Maria Rilke in French. You can [listen](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000ID8/102-3444301-9104156?v=glance) to a sample of it here on Amazon. It’s the very last song.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-piece-of-music/299616/62 "2005-04-19T06:46:26Z")

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Clair de Lune, and even though I’ve only heard part of it, once, Rhapsody in Blue sounds like it’d be up there.

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