Dona nobis pacem

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:

Classical music

  • "Dona nobis pacem", a traditional round
  • Dona nobis pacem, fugue by Ludwig van Beethoven (now thought genuine), Hess Anh. 57 (1795)
  • Dona nobis pacem, cantata by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1936)
  • Title of the third movement of Symphonie Liturgique by Arthur Honegger (1945)
  • Title of a choral work by Ann Loomis Silsbee (1981)[1]
  • Dona nobis pacem for choir and orchestra by the Latvian composer, Pēteris Vasks (1996)
  • Title of section of Adiemus V: Vocalise by Karl Jenkins (2003)

Literature

  • "Dona Nobis Pacem" is repeatedly quoted in Graham Greene's 1938 novel Brighton Rock by its antihero Pinkie Brown.
  • "Dona Nobis Pacem" is used in Graham Greene's 1966 novel The Comedians.

Other Musical Uses

  • The song was included in Bobby Darin's Christmas album The 25th Day of December (1960).
  • The title of a song, from the Present from Nancy LP by the Dutch band Supersister (1970).
  • Referenced in the second half of the song "She Was Naked" by the Dutch band Supersister (1970).
  • Performed by cast members (as an impromptu choir) in the M*A*S*H Christmas episode "Dear Sis" (1978).
  • At the end of Pray Your Gods by Toad the Wet Sprocket (1992).
  • Bass guitarist Michael Manring performs an instrumental version on the Windham Hill compilation A Winter's Solstice IV (1993).
  • Included in an arrangement of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" recorded by Wayne Watson on One Christmas Eve (1994).
  • A setting by David Fanshawe, on the recording of African Sanctus (1994).
  • Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman performs the song on the Windham Hill compilation The Carols of Christmas (1996).
  • Updated with modern Christmas lyrics interpolated by American bluegrass group Salamander Crossing, as a bonus track on their compilation album Henry Street - A Retrospective (2000).
  • The title of a composition by Motoi Sakuraba in the video game Tales of Destiny 2 and featured throughout the series. (2002)
  • Track 12 of the album Whiskey Tango Ghosts, by Tanya Donelly (2004).
  • One track of the album No Boundaries, by Ladysmith Black Mambazo (2006).
  • The phrase is repeated in the song "Old City (Instrumental)" on the album Instrumentals by the Shanghai Restoration Project (2008).
  • The title of a track in the Max Richter score for the HBO show The Leftovers (2014).
  • A song performed by an unnamed family in season 3, episode 11 of The Handmaid's Tale, Liars (2019).

Other References

  • The phrase is used by the Doctor - season 4, episode 6 of Doctor Who, "The Poison Sky" - when speaking in code to Donna Noble who is trapped on the TARDIS by the Sontarans (2008).
  • Sister Steven, a character in the comic strip 9 Chickweed Lane repeatedly uses the phrase when her patience is being tried.

References

  1. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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