Dona nobis pacem
Dona nobis pacem 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 roundDona nobis pacem, fugue by Ludwig van Beethoven, Hess Anh. 57 Dona nobis pacem, cantata by Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Title of the third movement of Symphonie Liturgique by Arthur Honegger
- Title of a choral work by Ann Loomis Silsbee Dona nobis pacem for choir and orchestra by the Latvian composer, Pēteris Vasks
- Title of section of Adiemus V: Vocalise by Karl Jenkins
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.
- The title of a song, from the Present from Nancy LP by the Dutch band Supersister.
- Referenced in the second half of the song "She Was Naked" by the Dutch band Supersister.
- Performed by cast members in the M*A*S*H Christmas episode "Dear Sis".
- At the end of Pray Your Gods by Toad the Wet Sprocket.
- Bass guitarist Michael Manring performs an instrumental version on the Windham Hill compilation A Winter's Solstice IV.
- Included in an arrangement of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" recorded by Wayne Watson on One Christmas Eve.
- A setting by David Fanshawe, on the recording of African Sanctus.
- Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman performs the song on the Windham Hill compilation The Carols of Christmas.
- Updated with modern Christmas lyrics interpolated by American bluegrass group Salamander Crossing, as a bonus track on their compilation album Henry Street - A Retrospective.
- The title of a composition by Motoi Sakuraba in the video game Tales of Destiny 2 and featured throughout the series.
- Track 12 of the album Whiskey Tango Ghosts, by Tanya Donelly.
- One track of the album No Boundaries, by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
- The phrase is repeated in the song "Old City " on the album Instrumentals by the Shanghai Restoration Project.
- The title of a track in the Max Richter score for the HBO show The Leftovers.
- A song performed by an unnamed family in season 3, episode 11 of The Handmaid's Tale, Liars.