An elegy is a poem of mourning. Elegy, Elegie, or Elegies may also refer to:

Art

*Élégie, a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Literature

* Any poem written in elegiac couplets * ''Elegies'' by

Propertius Sextus Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age. He was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium and died shortly after 15 BC. Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of ''Elegies'' ('). He was a friend of the poets Gallus a ...

(ca. 50-15 BC) * ''Elegy'', a 1586 poem by Chidiock Tichborne * "

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ''Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'' is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742 ...

", a 1751 poem by Thomas Gray * ''Elegy'', the opening poem in Leonard Cohen’s first collection

Let Us Compare Mythologies ''Let Us Compare Mythologies'' is the first poetry book by Canadian poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen. Written in 1956, shortly after Cohen left McGill University where he studied English literature, it was first published as part of the McGill ...

from 1956.

Film and television

* Elégia, a 1965 film by Hungarian director Zoltán Huszárik * ''Elegy'' (film), a 2008 film by Spanish director Isabel Coixet * "Elegy" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * "Elegy" (The X-Files), an episode of ''The X-Files''

Music

Classical

*"Elegy", Russian song by Modest Mussorgsky *''Elegy'', by Elliott Carter * ''Elegy'' (Corigliano), by John Corigliano *''Elegy'', by Hubert Parry *''Elegy'', for guitar by

Alan Rawsthorne Alan Rawsthorne (2 May 1905 – 24 July 1971) was a British composer. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex. Early years Alan Rawsthorne was born in Deardengate House, Haslingden, Lancashire, to Hu ...

* ''Elegia'' (Madetoja), Op. 4/1, a 1909 composition for string orchestra by Leevi Madetoja * ''Elegie'' (Schoeck), Op.36 song cycle for baritone and chamber orchestra by Othmar Schoeck * ''Élégie'' (ballet), a ballet by George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's Élégie for solo viola * ''Élégie'' (Massenet), an 1873 piece for cello and orchestra * ''Élégie'' (Fauré), an 1883 piece for cello and orchestra * ''Elegies'' (Busoni), a 1908 series of pieces * ''Elegy'', Op.58, an orchestral work for strings by

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

* ''Élégie'' (Stravinsky), a 1944 piece for solo viola * ''Elegies'' (William Finn), a 2003 song cycle *''Élégie'', by

Johann Kaspar Mertz Joseph Kaspar Mertz (in hu, Mertz János Gáspár) (17 August 1806 – 14 October 1856) was an Austro-Hungarian guitarist and composer. Biography Caspar Joseph Mertz (baptised Casparus Josephus Mertz) was born in Pressburg, now Bratislava (S ...

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Élégie pour cor et piano ''Élégie pour cor et piano'' – Elegy for horn and piano – FP 168 is a short, one-movement work by the French composer Francis Poulenc, written in memory of the horn player Dennis Brain, who died in 1957. It was first performed in January 1 ...

'', FP 168, by Francis Poulenc *''Élégie pour 2 pianos (en accords alternés)'', FP 175, by Francis Poulenc * ''Elegy'', by

George Thalben-Ball Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball (18 June 1896 – 18 January 1987) was an Australian organist and composer who spent almost all his life in England. Early life George Thomas Ball (he later took the additional name of "Thalben") was born in Sydn ...

, 1960

Popular bands

Elegy (band) Elegy are a The Netherlands, Dutch power metal band, founded in 1986 in Eindhoven. Their music is characterized by the fusion of power and progressive metal, which made them the pioneers of the 'progressive power metal' subgenre. The band was plag ...

, a Dutch power metal musical group *

Elegies (J-pop) is the Hello! Project 2005 shuffle group consisting of Ai Takahashi and Reina Tanaka of Morning Musume, along with Melon Kinenbi's Ayumi Shibata and Country Musume's Mai Satoda is a former member of the Hello! Project group Country Mus ...

, a J-pop musical group

Albums

* ''Elegy'' (Julian Lloyd Webber album), a 1998 album * ''Elegy'' (The Nice album), a 1971 album * ''Elegy'' (John Zorn album), a 1991 album * ''Elegy'' (Amorphis album), a 1996 album * ''Elegies'' (video), a 2005 DVD by Machine Head * ''Elegy'' (EP), a 2005 EP by Leaves' Eyes

Songs

* "Elegy", a song by Edge of Sanity from their 1994 album '' Purgatory Afterglow'' * "Elegy", a song by As I Lay Dying from their 2003 album '' Frail Words Collapse'' * "Elegy", a song by Intronaut from the 2010 album ''

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'' * "Elegies", a song by Make Them Suffer from the 2012 album ''

Neverbloom ''Neverbloom'' is the debut studio album by Australian metalcore band Make Them Suffer. The album was released on 25 May 2012 through Roadrunner Records and was produced by Roland Lim. Critical reception The album received positive reviews from ...

'' * "Elegy", a song by Patti Smith from her 1975 album ''Horses'' (album) * "Elegy", a song by Jethro Tull from the 1979 album ''Stormwatch'' (album) * "Élégie", an arrangement of Massenet's ''Élégie'' by Art Tatum * "Elegy", a suite by Chicago from their 1971 album ''

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