"The Mass" is the title song of the third album of the same name released by Era.

The original composition of this song is the first "Poem Burana" in the "Triumphal Trilogy" by German composer Orff. The rhythm is strong and compact, and the sound creates a grandeur that cannot be touched by humans. Paired with the pressure without losing the beauty and sanctity of the tune in the middle.

This song is majestic and majestic. It was once thought to be adapted from the "Military Song of the German First SS Armored Division", but this was actually a misinformation. Later, many artists such as Michael Jackson adapted it into a majestic march and opening music.

Foreign name: The mass

Singer: Era

Type: Classical symphony, electronic music, religious music

Album: "The Mass"

Composer: Eric Levi

Release/broadcast time: 2003 Detailed introduction: German "Burana" and French "The Mass" tunes

In 1803, a large number of poetry and drama scrolls were discovered in the Buran Abbey in Upper Bavaria, Germany, which caused a stir in the ideological, academic and artistic fields. Shock, these poems and plays written in French, difficult medieval Latin and ancient Middle High German.

It originated from the French wandering poets who moved to Bavaria in the 13th and 14th centuries. Later, a large number of wandering scholars and clergy from England, France and Germany were gathered to write satirical verses and poems praising wine and carnival and debauchery life. Famous for poetry.

"Poem Burana" epitomizes the creative style of these wandering poets. The themes and styles of these poems vary, ranging from drinking songs, solemn love poems and indulgent love songs, to religious poems and pastoral lyric poems, as well as satirical poems directed at the church and the government.

In 1847, the German scholar Schmeler compiled it into "Poem Burana" and published it.

When Karl Orff was studying French medieval music, he read "Poem Burana" in 1935 and was greatly shocked. He adapted these medieval music and poems with rough, powerful and passionate lyrics. The unrestrained music gives this strange poem new and eternal life.

Orff's "Carana Burana" was completed in 1936. It is a secular song composed for solo and chorus, accompanied by instrumental music and wonderful stage scenes. This magnificent work premiered in Frankfurt, Germany on June 8, 1937. It transports people into a completely different world, and its exotic style and magical music awaken the joyful impulse in human nature with incredible power.

2. "The Mass"

"The Mass" is close to "Burana" - "Fate, Queen of the World", both of which come from medieval French religious music .

Era cleverly combines the popular "Carmina Burana" with the classic song "Divano" from "EraⅡ". The connection between each other is wonderful, although it is not as seamless as Enigma, but it is a gem. In the past, it was already rare to achieve such a level.

However, the so-called "SS Lightning Troops Onward" we heard is not actually "The Mass" by the French band Era.

Friends who understand Latin can take a look, but it can only be said to be a rumor. If there is any connection between the two, it is that they both borrowed from French religious songs in the Middle Ages.

"The Mass" is not directly related to the military song "SS Blitzkrieg Onward" of the 1st Armored Division of the German Waffen-SS.

3. "The Mass"

The song "The Mass" comes from medieval French religious songs. As France's influence in Western Europe increased day by day in the 18th century, French became popular among the upper classes in various European countries, and French music and songs were also widely played and sung in Germany.

4. "SS Lightning Troopers Advance"

In the 1930s, the famous German composer Carl Orff adapted it into the famous epic musical "Carana Burana" "The opening chorus "Oh! "Fate".

And Hitler also liked his music very much, so it is possible to put "Oh! The song "Lady Destiny" became the melody of the SS Panzergrenadier's military song, and the title of the song is "SS Lightning Troops Advance".

What’s more interesting is that due to the large number of military songs in the German army, no one has actually confirmed that this is the military song of the Führer Grenadier