Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Lux Aeterna is a piece for 16 solo singers written by György Ligeti in 1966. It is most famous for its use in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.The text (in Latin) is from the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass: Lux aeterna luceat eis Domine cum sanctis tuis in aeternum quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis which means May everlasting light shine upon them O Lord with thy saints in eternity for thou art merciful.