Talk:List of songs with Latin lyrics

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No Elend songs have been included. There is a "significant body of Latin" in their lyrics. Rintrah 10:59, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Are the lyrics of these songs grammatical? As a novice, I don't want to waste my time reading them if they are not. Rintrah 11:03, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

The Evanescence song only has two lines of Latin (Servatis a periculum/Servatis a maleficum) repeated three times. Rintrah 01:27, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

It would help if you named the song. :P It's called "Whisper". 69.245.103.98 02:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

The lyrics of Dark Sanctuary's Miserere are Dies Irae verbatim. Rintrah 12:05, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

The song Lux Triumphans by Rhapsody has no Latin lyrics (it is only the title which is in Latin), and the song In Tenebris contains only a few latin words. --Daniel bg 15:31, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incomplete list

This list is woefully incomplete and mainly contains Gothic and metal artists. There are far more artists who use Latin lyrics than those mentioned. This article needs completion. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sbgrant (talk • contribs) .

I agree, but someone has to do the work. Rintrah 11:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Hm... I guess there could be liturgical songs, hymns and carols? Or perhaps classical poemps set to music even? Don't really know, that's why I came here, but those are ideas that could be used as a starting point for research. 82.139.85.38 (talk) 21:41, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inconsistent/arbitrary criterium

Songs with only a Latin refrain are also excluded

In the list I find the Boar's Head Song, which has only a small fraction of actual Latin in it, but at the same time the rule above would exclude any song with a substantial Latin refrain. This strikes me as inconsistent and arbitrary. 82.139.85.38 (talk) 14:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to split article in sections

How about splitting the article in sections? E.g.:

  • Classical Roman (Is any material still extant?)
  • Medieval Secular Latin
  • Liturgical
    • Hymns (subpage?)
    • Carols
  • Metal/Gothic
  • etc.

How about it? 82.139.85.38 (talk) 00:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)