Bach: Dona Nobis Pacem

Strathroy United Church music director and organist Edith Hanselman leads the Senior Choir in J.S. Bach's "Dona Nobis Pacem" (arranged by Althouse)from the Mass in B Minor as the anthem for the June 1, 2008 service.

Dona nobis pacem (Latin: Give us peace) is a phrase in the Agnus Dei section of the Roman Catholic mass. It was set as a separate, final movement in Bach's Mass in B Minor. The phrase, in isolation, has been appopriated for other works:

Dona nobis pacem, a cantata by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1937).
One section of Adiemus V: Vocalise, by Karl Jenkins (2003).
One track of the album No Boundaries, by Ladysmith Black Mambazo (2006).
At the end of "Pray Your Gods" by Toad the Wet Sprocket (1992).
Dona Nobis Pacem is a musical round.
In an arrangement of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Dona Nobis Pacem)" recorded by Wayne Watson on One Christmas Eve (1994).
At the end of the song "She was naked" by Supersister.
The third movement of Symphonie Liturgique by Arthur Honegger.
It appeared in the Kenneth Branagh film Henry V.

The Mass in B minor (BWV 232) is a musical setting (or more formally a missa tota) of the Latin Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach. Although parts of the Mass in B minor date to 1724, the whole was assembled in its present form in 1749, just before the composer's death in 1750.

Bach did not give the work a title; instead, in the score the four parts of the Latin Mass are each given their own title page—"Kyrie", "Gloria", "Symbolum Nicenum" (otherwise known as the "Credo"), and "Sanctus, Hosanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei"—and simply bundled together. Indeed, the different sections call for different numbers and arrangements of performers, giving rise to the theory that Bach did not ever expect the work to be performed in its entirety. On the other hand, the parts in the manuscript are numbered from 1 to 4, and Bach's usual closing formula (S.D.G = Soli Deo Gloria) is only found at the end of the Dona Nobis Pacem. Because of its length—nearly two hours of music—it was never performed in its entirety as part of a church liturgy.

Bach was a committed Lutheran, and to compose a Latin Mass of this magnitude, part of the traditional liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, is only superficially odd. It must be remembered that the Lutheran Churches of his day frequently retained Latin masses; Bach himself composed at least four other, shorter masses which survive to this day. Martin Luther had admitted the Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis, Nicene Creed, and Sanctus in the Lutheran revision of the traditional Roman Mass. Bach produced four short masses (comprising these two sections only) for liturgical use. In the Sanctus of Mass in B minor, Bach makes a small but significant change to the standard Catholic liturgical text. Whereas the traditional Catholic Mass has "holy Lord. . . heaven and earth are full of your glory [gloria tua]", Bach uses the Lutheran variant, "heaven and earth are full of his glory [gloria ejus]".

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[garrut87]

Melody by J.S.Bach

''minuet I in G major''

[dafreakinhippies]

i in middle school and we have to sing this !!!GO FERRY PASS EAGLESS WOOHH

[LukBartosUB]

Why do you call this trashy s**t Bach? It is'n related to his piece in anything.

[IfByWhiskey486]

This doesn't sound related to Bach's B-Minor Mass at all.

[sockscowboy]

mmm, WHY is Janet just singing? Who's brilliant idea was it to trash the choir gowns? I love the organ, especially that one, but hey buddy, lose some of the principal, and let the flute pipes support the choir. If the choir is singing, it is about the CHOIR-there was a little too much organ. And if any of y'all actually read these comments, SMILE! I've seen happier people at a funeral.

[musicaltheatre4567]

this is wrong r jepson choras does it better no offence

[Clouseau5000]

This isn't in any case related to the b-minor mass. (BTW this choir would for shure not be able to sing the 'Dona nobis pacem' of this magnificent piece of music) But credits for the nice comment given on the B-minor mass, although its without any context to the music performed in this video.