Agnus Dei | Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi

Agnus Dei

Language: Latin

Our translations: DUT FRE GER

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi 
  miserere nobis, etc.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi 
  dona nobis pacem, etc.
Dona nobis, pacem.

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• P. Nørgård • R. Vaughan Williams

R. Vaughan Williams sets lines 3-4
P. Nørgård sets lines 3-4

Text Authorship:

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Agnus Dei", op. 11, published 1967 [ mixed chorus with organ or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875), "Agnus Dei" [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Agnus Dei", from oratorio Missa Brevis in D, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by André Caplet (1879 - 1925), "Agnus Dei", 1919, published 1920 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], from Trois chants d'église a capella, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Agnus dei" [ double chorus ], from cantata Mass for double choir, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Per Nørgård (b. 1932), "Agnus dei", 1982, published 1983, lines 3-4 [ chorus a cappella ], from 3 motetter til Agnus Dei [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Agnus Dei", 2015/2016 [ soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra ], from oratorio Requiem-Strophen, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Agnus Dei", lines 3-4 [ soprano and baritone soli, chorus, and orchestra ], from Dona nobis pacem, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by José María Vitier (b. 1954), "Agnus dei", 1992 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Benjamin Britten, C. A. Joh. Masberg, Krzysztof Penderecki.

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Arrigo Enrico Boito (1842 - 1918) ; composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
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Also set in Multiple Languages, [adaptation] ; composed by John Milford Rutter, CBE.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Lam Gods"
ENG English (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Lamb of God"
IRI Irish (Gaelic) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Uain Dé"

Researcher for this page: Antonio Giuliano

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 22