Posted by GC on September 18, 2002 at 08:01:31:
In Reply to: Nostradamus? posted by New England on September 17, 2002 at 23:03:02:
From a number of requiem masses, with text adapted from the Vulgate bible:
Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra . . .
"The trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise, incorruptible . . .", describing Judgment Day. The tuba in question was the Roman straight, valveless herald trumpet, whose Latin name is "tuba".