Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem

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Vaughan Williams' "Dona nobis pacem" is a 1936 cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra that combines liturgical texts and poetry by Walt Whitman in a powerful plea for peace.

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Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantata ⓘ
choral work ⓘ
approximateDuration 35 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber none ⓘ
commissionedBy Huddersfield Choral Society ⓘ
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
conductorAtPremiere Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
genre anti-war composition ⓘ
sacred cantata ⓘ
hasMovement Agnus Dei ⓘ
Beat! Beat! Drums! ⓘ
Dirge for Two Veterans ⓘ
O man, greatly beloved ⓘ
Reconciliation ⓘ
The Angel of Death ⓘ
key multiple keys ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movementCount 5 ⓘ
6 ⓘ
notableFeature combines liturgical Latin with English poetry ⓘ
expresses a strong plea for peace on the eve of World War II ⓘ
period 20th-century music ⓘ
premiereCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
premiereDate 1936-10-02 ⓘ
premiereEvent Huddersfield Choral Society concert ⓘ
premierePlace Huddersfield, England ⓘ
linked to: Huddersfield
scoring baritone solo ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
style English choral tradition ⓘ
subjectMatter peace ⓘ
remembrance ⓘ
war ⓘ
textAuthor Walt Whitman ⓘ
textSource Bible ⓘ
Book of Common Prayer ⓘ
Walt Whitman poetry ⓘ
title Dona nobis pacem ⓘ
linked to: Dona Nobis Pacem
usesTextFrom Agnus Dei ⓘ
Beat! Beat! Drums! ⓘ
Dirge for Two Veterans ⓘ
Jeremiah 8:15–22 ⓘ
Jeremiah 9:1–2 ⓘ
Luke 2:14 ⓘ
Mass ordinary ⓘ
Psalms ⓘ
Reconciliation ⓘ
yearComposed 1936 ⓘ

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Westminster Symphonic Choir → repertoireIncludes → Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem ⓘ