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Eternal Rest or Requiem aeternam is a Western Christian prayer asking God: (1) ... Requiem æternam dona ei (eis), Domine ℟. Et lux perpetua luceat ei (eis ...
The Mass and its settings draw their name from the introit of the liturgy, which begins with the words Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine (Latin for "Eternal rest grant them, O Lord"), which is cited from 2 Esdras—requiem is the accusative singular form of the Latin noun requies, "rest, repose". [2]
The settings of the Requiem Mass by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (H.234, H.263, H.269, H.427), Luigi Cherubini, Antonin Dvořák, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Kim André Arnesen and Fredrik Sixten include a "Pie Jesu" as an independent movement. Decidedly, the best known is the "Pie Jesu" from Fauré's Requiem.
Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem: exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet. Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.
A Funeral Mass is a form of Mass for the Dead or Requiem Mass, so called because of the first word of what in earlier forms of the Roman Rite was the only Introit (entrance antiphon) allowed: Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis. (Eternal rest give to them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them).
requiem aeternam dona ei(s), Domine: give him/her (them) eternal rest, O Lord: From the Christian prayer Eternal Rest, said for the dead. Source of the term requiem, meaning the Mass for the Dead or a musical setting thereof. requiescat in pace (R.I.P.) let him/her rest in peace: Or "may he/she rest in peace". A benediction for the dead.
The sopranos sing "Requiem aeternam dona eis" in a high register and gradually fade away. Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis [m.87–126]: The basses again sing the text "Domine," this time in a very low register, briefly forming the only detectable traditional chord in the whole piece (D ♯ minor), together with the altos in a low register ...