Hurwitz also wrote many Hebrew hymns, odes, elegies, and dirges. Throughout the march, the band plays somber dirges and hymns. Their repertory included marches, dance pieces, dirges, and hymns. Parthenius was a writer of elegies, especially dirges, and of short epic poems. Funeral dirges are played and interspersed with irreverent passages of joy and happiness. Dirges of Elysium is the ninth studio album by the American death metal band Incantation. The Middle Ages built cathedrals and sang dirges. The naval band from the accompanied the honor guard, playing funeral dirges. There is mourning (ikpowiil), ikpolahn (dirges), njeem, etc. It included an annual competition between women singing dirges for Adonis. Professional female singers perform dirges similar in style to those elsewhere in Europe.