In Mozart’s Coronation Mass, this text is sung in a solo soprano aria whose melody anticipates his later aria “Dove sono.” In a foreboding passage from Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, two soloists alternate singing this text in recitative (“reh-sih-tuh-TEEV”), over trumpet fanfares and timpani rolls. In Mozart’s Requiem, this text is set in a movement that begins with a loud D minor chord that gives way to a quiet run of 11 sixteenth notes in the violins. In Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass, this text is split across two movements, the latter scored for seven voices. In J. S. Bach’s Mass in B minor, this prayer is set as a G-minor aria for contralto and two violins. Haydn’s Paukenmesse (“PAO-ken-MESS-uh”) is named for the violent timpani solo in its movement with this title, which follows the Sanctus and Benedictus. For 10 points, name this Latin prayer to the “Lamb of God.” ■END■
ANSWER: Agnus Dei (“day”) [prompt on Lamb of God until read; reject “Dona nobis pacem”]
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