A Handel cantata named for this word for solo soprano and strings was believed lost until 2001. A choral work named for this word opens with the orchestra twice repeating the quick tutti theme D, up to D, down to D, D. This is the first word of an allegro chorus from Handel’s Messiah that opens with a descending four-note scale from F-sharp to C-sharp, and later continues with the basses falling an octave over the words “and peace on earth.” RV 589 is the catalog entry of a D major (10[1])piece named for this word that is the best-known choral work of Antonio Vivaldi. The carol “Angels We Have Heard on High” contains a (10[1])lengthy melisma on this word. For 10 points, the Kyrie (“KEE-ree-ay”) precedes what movement of the Roman Catholic mass ordinary, whose first word is followed by the phrase “in excelsis Deo?” ■END■