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I got to the first video from the second, while I was looking for other versions of the hymn I posted an hour ago.  This one isn't, as far as I know, anything religious, but I'm allowed to listen to other music, and I just think he's a good singer.  :D  The second video ought to be in a film, for sheer atmosphere.

 

 

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Enough drama in life, I sometimes think. Yet we are always looking for it and can't get enough of other people's drama. Like that of famous composers, for example. Today I heard on the radio the story of Carlo Gesualdi (1566 - 1613), or Don Carlo, Prince of Venoza. When he discovered that his wife Maria d'Avalos was unfaithful to him, he killed her and her lover. It is said that he suffered regret and remorse for his deed throughout his life. The fifth commandment "Thou shalt not kill" would constantly appear in his mind. Yet he composed prolifically and created beautiful works, including this one:

 

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