Lux Aeterna may refer to: * Lux Aeterna (Communion), the Communion antiphon for the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass As such, it has often been set to music. The following works are settings of it, or have been inspired by it: * ''Lux Aeterna'' (Dave Fitzgerald album) (1997) * ''Lux Aeterna'' (Terje Rypdal album) (2002) * ''Lux Aeterna'' (Ligeti), a 1966 choral work by György Ligeti used in the film ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' * "Lux Aeterna" (Mansell), the theme song to ''Requiem for a Dream'', written by Clint Mansell and performed by the Kronos Quartet * "Lux Aeterna", a section of the liturgy from ''

Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...

'' by Giuseppe Verdi * ''Lux Aeterna'', a 1972 album by William Sheller * ''Lux aeterna'', a 2011 work for mixed SATB choir by Robert Paterson * ''Lux Aeterna'', a 1997 five-movement quasi-Requiem by Morten Lauridsen * "Lux Aeterna", a 2009 track by Christopher Tin from '' Calling All Dawns'' * "Lux Aeterna", a 2014 song by Two Steps from Hell from '' Miracles'' * "Lux Æterna" (Metallica song), a 2022 single by Metallica from their 2023 album ''72 Seasons'' * ''Lux Aeterna for 5 masked musicians'', a 1971 avant-garde piece by

George Crumb George Henry Crumb Jr. (24 October 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music. Early in his life he rejected the widespread modernist usage of serialism, developing a highly personal musical ...

* ''Symphony N 5 Lux Aeterna'', a 2006 avant-garde piece by Vassil Kazandjiev * ''Lux Aeterna for organ'', a 1974 work by Joonas Kokkonen * ''Lux aeterna'', a 1926 symphonic poem for orchestra with viola obligato by Howard Hanson

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