Eppur Si Muove (album)

This article is about the album by Haggard. For the exclamation by Galileo Galilei, see And yet it moves. For other uses, see Eppur si muove (disambiguation).

Eppur Si Muove
Studio album by Haggard
Released	2004
Genre	Symphonic metal, Symphonic death metal, Classical music, Early music
Length	50:16
Label	Drakkar Entertainment
Producer	Dieter Roth
Haggard chronology
Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico (2001)Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico2001 Eppur si muove (2004) Tales of Ithiria (2008)Tales of Ithiria2008

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Eppur Si Muove is the third full-length album by the German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on April 26, 2004 by Drakkar Entertainment.

The album is based on the life of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564 –1642), who, according to legend, muttered the phrase eppur si muove, meaning "And yet it does move", after being forced to recant, in front of the Inquisition, his belief that the earth moved around the sun.

The following is a musical theme recurring in many tracks on the album (as All'inizio è la morte, Per aspera ad astra and the titletrack Eppur si muove):

<score vorbis="1"> \relative c' {\clef treble \key c \major r8 a'8 a4 e'8 e4 d8 c8 \times 3/2 {a4} | a8 a8 g4 d'8 d8 c8 b8 g8 \times 3/2 {r4} | g'8 g8 a4 e8 e4 d8 c4 d8 e4 c8 d4 d8 d8 c8 b8 b8 \times 5/4 {r2} | \times 3/2 {c4} c4 g8 c4 d8 e4 c8 d4 d8 d8 c8 b8 \times 3/2 {b8} | b16 a8 g8 b8 g8 a2 }</score>

Track listing

Tracklist

No.	Title	English translation*	Length
1.	"All'inizio è la morte"	At the Beginning stands Death	6:50
2.	"Menuetto in Fa-minore"	Minuet in F-minor	1:16
3.	"Per aspera ad astra"	Through Hardships, to the Stars	6:40
4.	"Of a Might Divine"	-	8:20
5.	"Gavotta in Si-minore"	Gavot in B-minor	0:58
6.	"Herr Mannelig"	Sir Mannelig	6:10
7.	"The Observer"	-	4:40
8.	"Eppur si muove"	And Yet, it Moves	8:19
9.	"Larghetto / epilogo adagio"	Tempo / Epilog Adagio	2:13
10.	"Herr Mannelig (short version)"	-	4:50

1. • English translations not official.

Limited edition

The limited edition includes two bonus tracks.

1. "De la morte noir" (The Black Death) – 7:59
2. "Robin's Song" – 4:36

It also includes a DVD, containing five Wacken Open Air 1998 videos and a bonus video clip.

1. "Requiem"
2. "In a Pale Moon's Shadow"
3. "Cantus firmus" (Chant of Strength)
4. "De la morte noir"
5. "Lost (Robin)"
6. "In a Pale Moon's Shadow" (bonus video clip)

External links

• Eppur si muove at Encyclopaedia Metallum