Szomorú vasárnap (Gloomy Sunday) by Rezső Seress
“The infamous original. Also known as "Vége a világnak (End of the World)" and informally as "The Hungarian Suicide Song." I find the cognitive dissonance between the two official titles quite fascinating. "End of the World" implies the grandiose notion of an all-encompassing, global sadness, while "Gloomy Sunday" has a more intimate and personal tone. The reality of the piece likely, as is often the case with such things, falls somewhere in between.”
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The infamous original. Also known as "Vége a világnak (End of the World)" and informally as "The Hungarian Suicide Song." I find the cognitive dissonance between the two official titles quite fascinating. "End of the World" implies the grandiose notion of an all-encompassing, global sadness, while "Gloomy Sunday" has a more intimate and personal tone. The reality of the piece likely, as is often the case with such things, falls somewhere in between.
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