Since at least the 1970s the Sextet has toasted the University at the end of each Capping Show using first the Tom Lehrer song'Bright College Days'changed to'Bright Otago Days', then to the tune of Gaudeamus igitur sings'Sexiamus mania, frustrutatum randium ( x2 ) prostitutem contraceptum, mastubatum manualem, satisfactor releivium ( x2 )', to finish the show the Sextet leads the cast and audience in singing Gaudemamus Igitur.The inventive treatment includes tunes appropriated from the student ditties " Fuchslied ", " Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus ", " H�rt, ich sing das Lied der Lieder ", and most memorably, the broad, triumphant finale on " Gaudeamus igitur ", which succinctly engages Brahms's sophisticated mastery of counterpoint, further fulfilling the " Academic " aspect of his program, cheekily applied to the well-worn melody.""'De Brevitate Vitae "'" ( Latin : " On the Shortness of Life " ), more commonly known as " "' Gaudeamus Igitur "'" ( " So Let Us Rejoice " ) or just " Gaudeamus ", is a popular academic commercium song in many Western countries, mainly sung or performed at university graduation ceremonies.
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