Talk:Elegiac

I think someone who knows more about music can address this better: What does elegiac mean when referred to in music. For example, Rachmaninoff's "Trio Elegiac," or Brahms' "E minor Sonata," which is described in the liner notes of the recording I have as being elegiac. Thanks Physics-fan3.14 23:02, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In music "elegiac" is a more general term, referring to the mood or subject matter, without specifically involving, say, meter. Musical elegies are often meditations on mortality, death, loss: a famous example is Elgar's Cello Concerto, which, if I remember correctly, he wrote for a friend who was killed in the First World War, and is almost always described as "elegiac". Musical elegies are in minor keys more often than not. BTW these kinds of questions are best left on the Reference Desk, where they get answered quickly. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 15:43, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article fails my test for being useful: anyone who understands the language used in the first paragraph, doesn't need this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.170.40.84 (talk) 06:46, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]