Absolve Domine
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Absolve, Domine is the Tract of the Mass of the Dead. In the Tridentine rite it follows the Gradual, with which it is sometimes combined in a single movement. It is usually omitted by Viennese composers or set separately, as Fux did.
Settings by composers
- Peter Cornelius TTBB
- Giuseppe Pitoni SATB
Text and translations
Latin text Absolve, Domine, animas omnium fidelium defunctorum ab omni vinculo delictorum. |
English translation Deliver, O Lord, the souls of all the departed faithful from all bondage of their sins. |