What is Posthumous in Music? This is What It Means

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FEMUSINDO.com - In general, the understanding of posthumous is an action or activity related to a person that is carried out after the person has passed away.

In the most common context, posthumous is usually associated with giving an award to someone for the services they have done.

The award is usually given by the government or organization when the person has died.

What is Posthumous in Music?

In music, posthumous is an interest in the music of a singer who died after the singer's death.

The word posthumous comes from the Latin postumus, which is a change from postumus ("born after the death of the father").

Many singers in the world have received posthumous titles from their songs and albums that have been awarded prestigious awards.

In addition to music, the word posthumous also has several meanings, namely awards given to members of the Armed Forces/PNS who are considered to have rendered services to the country after the person has died.

In the military, the awarding of a posthumous title in the form of a promotion of one level is given and it is possible that it is also given to civilians.

Then, the honorary name given to the royal family, nobles, and sometimes others, in East Asia, after the person dies.

Other posthumous meanings --- such as changes from Latin, postumus, namely the birth of a child after the death of one of his parents. (*)