Music for Dumbledore

[oiboyz]

No: HPFGUIDX 134249

   Fawkes' lament for Dumbledore is moving and heart-wrenching, an
absolutely fitting way to mourn his death.  It reminds me of a scene
in The Two Towers where Aragorn and Legolas put off a very pressing
task in order to sing over their friend's body.  Taking time to mourn
the dead is important; it's one way the heroes show their love and
humanity, in contrast to the beastly enemies they fight.

   I wish we could hear the phoenix song that JKR describes, but since
we can't, perhaps this board can look for a substitute?  I've been
trying.  Today my iPod played "Isoldes Leibestod" from "Tristan und
Isolde" by Wagner.  It's an 8-minute orchestral piece, beautiful and
slow, and halfway through the music begins to swell into truimphant
crescendos that make me think of a transfiguration, of Harry catching
a glimpse of a phoenix winging its way to heaven.  It's a perfect song
for that short scene, but not really what I want for Dumbledore's
death as a whole-- it's glorious but not sad enough.

   (Perhaps "Isoldes Leibestod" will be perfect for the end of Book 7
when all our heroes exult in the death of Voldemort -- *right*, JKR?
-- yet still feel the sadness of the price they had to pay.)

   I've also thought of the track "Rafiki Mourns" from the Lion King
musical.  Now there's a powerful song; Rafiki cries, "Oh, oh..." and
the two syllables are full of gut-wrenching pain.  She's mourning the
great king Mustafa, who's been unjustly murdered while protecting
young Simba, so the circumstances mirror the death of Dumbledore. 
(It's great played on stage too-- all the lionesses wailing and
falling down while over them looms the threat of the wicked new king.)

   Yet that's not quite what I'm looking for either; it's a
ritualistic Zulu mourning song and not what I'd expect to hear sung
for Dumbledore...

    What I really want is a wordless lament, probably a classical
music piece, that gets us as close as possible to the feeling Harry
had when he listened to Fawkes singing.  Can anyone offer a
suggestion?  Of course, no one's bound to my preferences; feel free to
mention any song that reminds you of Dumbledore's death.

   Not that I need anything else to make me cry-- JKR's done that to
me already.  But I think we need a song to fit this occasion.