I mean at this point the Dies Irae is like a littls meme/reference for composers, no? Like a sheet music version of a Vine

Very nice of you to link that, I don't see how this disproves my opinion, as murder is still mentioned on multiple occasions

Often a reason I hear for not taking EVs here (anecdotally so take with a grain of salt) is the fact that you can't take it on a holiday because of frequent charging. This could be a reason why excess is good even for NL

It is a crime against humanity to willingly take a life, no matter how vile the person

We do know who wrote it, some people are just too elitist to accept it was a middle class boy from Stratford-upon-Avon

Also w/o searching online, a succubus takes a man's seed, transforms into an incubus and then uses the seed for the demon spawn

My favourite party trick is unfocussing them so hard my pupils start vibrating

People on the internet tend to be contrarian

Proceeds to be the most contrarian person around

Looks at the situation in the US right now

Yes, Europe has a nazi problem

Glass houses and all that

But Ovid also had daddy issues and changed the original Greek myth to fit his anti-authoritarian views

Cope

I hope this will be a satisfying answer for you, because your statements are not really making sense to me. I would not call myself artistically inclined, although I do think life would be a lot more boring without music.

If you believe that a guy reading a book is good enough for magic, why isn't reading sheet music? To me, it seems very plausible that in a world where magic sources as "waving your hands in a particular manner" or "asking your patron/god/sugar daddy very nicely" exist, magic produced by hitting the right notes is also possible.

Additionally, I would say that even in our world, music holds power (as seen by all research into its interaction with dementia, depression, concentration etc.). Speeches, war dances can envigorate people to fight battles. Also, no books without stories, no stories without storytellers (which are, coincidentally, called bards)