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Dona nobis pacem (Latin for "Grant us peace") is a phrase in the Agnus Dei section of the mass. The phrase, in isolation, has been appropriated for a number of musical works, which include: The phrase, in isolation, has been appropriated for a number of musical works, which include:
The text of "Dona nobis pacem" is a short prayer for peace from the Agnus Dei of the Latin mass. [1] [2] [3] In the round for three parts, it is sung twice in every line. [4] The melody has been passed orally. [4] It has traditionally been attributed to Mozart but without evidence. [1] English-language hymnals usually mark it "Traditional". [5]
Agnus Dei: Lamb of God: Refers both to the innocence of a lamb and to Christ being a sacrificial lamb after the Jewish religious practice. It is the Latin translation from John 1:36, when St. John the Baptist exclaimes "Ecce Agnus Dei!" ("Behold the Lamb of God!") upon seeing Jesus Christ. alea iacta est: the die has been cast
Martin Luther wrote the words of the hymn as a translation of the Latin Agnus Dei from the liturgy of the mass. The tune, Zahn 58, [ 1 ] was taken from an older liturgy. The hymn was first published in 1528 and has been the basis for several musical settings by composers such as Bach , Mendelssohn and Hessenberg .
Agnus Dei is the Latin name under which the "Lamb of God" is honoured within Christian liturgies descending from the historic Latin liturgical tradition, including those of Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism. It is the name given to a specific prayer that occurs in these liturgies, and is the name given to the music pieces that ...
The Latin version, Agnus Dei, and translations are a standard part of the Catholic Mass, as well as the classical Western Liturgies of the Anglican and Lutheran churches. It is also used in liturgy and as a form of contemplative prayer. [8] [9] The Agnus Dei also forms a part of the musical setting for the Mass.
Almost all Catholic liturgical music composed before the middle of the 20th century, including thousands of settings of the ordinary of the mass (Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), the ordinary and proper of the Requiem mass, psalms, canticles (such as the Magnificat), antiphons, and motets. Famous examples include:
Agnus Dei, whose Latin text comes from the last movement of the same name in the Catholic Mass. The soprano introduces the theme, singing it over the orchestra and choir. The text translates as "Lamb of God, grant us peace." Beat! Beat! Drums!, is based on the first Whitman poem. The text describes the drums and bugles of war bursting through ...