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An equale or aequale (from , equal voices or parts) is a . It is a piece for equal voices or instruments. In the 18th century the equale became established as a generic term for short, chordal pieces for choirs, usually or trios. The instruments were not necessarily equal in pitch, but formed a .


Commemoration of the dead
Aequales were conventionally used in Austria to commemorate the dead. They were on All Souls' Day (2 November), and on the previous evening. They were also performed at funerals.

While aequales might be played by other instruments, the sound of trombones was thought to be especially solemn and noble. Trombones had also already acquired an association with death and the afterlife. Finally, the theological symbolism of the trombone, representing divine presence, the voice of the angels, and the instrument of judgment, was thereby underscored.


Examples
Notable examples of the genre are the three Equali for four trombones of Ludwig van Beethoven (Drei Equale, 30), written for Franz Xaver Glöggl and performed in Linz Cathedral on All Souls' Day (2 November), 1812. Two of them were later performed, with the addition by Ignaz von Seyfried of words from the Miserere, at Beethoven's own funeral in 1827. They were also played as instrumental pieces at the funeral of William Gladstone in Westminster Abbey in 1898.

The two Aequali in C minor of date from 1847 and are for three trombones. Three years earlier, in 1844, the little-known Wenzel Lambel (1788–1861) of Linz had published ten equali for three or four trombones. scored In memoriam Dylan Thomas, his setting of "Do not go gentle into that good night", for tenor, string quartet and four trombones, which may be an "echo" of the tradition.

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