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Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) is a choral composition in one movement by Samuel Barber, his own arrangement of his Adagio for Strings (1936). In 1967, he set the Latin words of the liturgical Agnus Dei, a part of the Mass, for mixed chorus with optional organ or piano accompaniment. The music, in B-flat minor, has a duration of about eight minutes.
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 music is the setting for Barber's 1967 choral arrangement of Agnus Dei. It has been called "America's semi-official music for mourning." ... writer for AllMusic, ...
Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. [2] His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "Place in This World" hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. [1]
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:
Chamber music: 31: 1956: Summer Music for Wind Quintet: for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon Chamber music: 1960s: Chorale for Washington Cathedral: for brass and timpani Chamber music: 38a: 1961: Canzone: for flute or violin, and piano: composer's arrangement of the Piano Concerto, Op. 38, movement II Chamber music: 1967: Mutations from ...
Agnus Dei, by Henri Busser. With organ and violin ad libitum (published 1895) Motet à Saint Jean l'evangéliste, epilogue (published 1895) Pater noster, by Henri Busser (published 1895) Sancta Maria, canticle. Words by Eucher (published 1895) Amen (published 1895) O salutaris (published 1897) Hymne à l'eucharistie, canticle. Words by E ...