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Definition of dead march in English: dead marchnoun A slow, solemn piece of music suitable for a funeral procession. Example sentencesExamples - The organ played a dead march, impressive addresses were made, and "Nearer, My God, to Thee" was sung.
- When Shostakovich trots out a limp waltz or a dead march, you don't have to scrape very far beneath the surface to realise that it is intended as a poke in the eye for Stalin or one of his cultural apparatchiks.
- After all the couples are placed, the women begin a song, as dreary and monotonous as a dead march.
- They strutted and swaggered in Creole style, played the hottest of jazz and slowed to a dead march as the tempo changed.
- ‘Kriegers Ahnung’ opens with a pianistic evocation of a dead march and effortlessly, seamlessly changes color throughout the song's many shifts of mood.
- As the veterans poured by the carriage in which Miss Winnie sat, one fife and drum corps after another softly played a dead march.
- Shortly after we had completed our formation, the sad tones of a dead march smote our ears and a funeral procession entered through an opening at the other end of the square.
Synonyms lament, dirge, requiem, elegy, funeral chant, funeral song, burial hymn, keen, plaint, knell
Definition of dead march in US English: dead marchnoun A slow, solemn piece of music suitable to accompany a funeral procession. Example sentencesExamples - After all the couples are placed, the women begin a song, as dreary and monotonous as a dead march.
- The organ played a dead march, impressive addresses were made, and "Nearer, My God, to Thee" was sung.
- When Shostakovich trots out a limp waltz or a dead march, you don't have to scrape very far beneath the surface to realise that it is intended as a poke in the eye for Stalin or one of his cultural apparatchiks.
- As the veterans poured by the carriage in which Miss Winnie sat, one fife and drum corps after another softly played a dead march.
- They strutted and swaggered in Creole style, played the hottest of jazz and slowed to a dead march as the tempo changed.
- Shortly after we had completed our formation, the sad tones of a dead march smote our ears and a funeral procession entered through an opening at the other end of the square.
- ‘Kriegers Ahnung’ opens with a pianistic evocation of a dead march and effortlessly, seamlessly changes color throughout the song's many shifts of mood.
Synonyms lament, dirge, requiem, elegy, funeral chant, funeral song, burial hymn, keen, plaint, knell
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