Deo gratias

General information

Response to the closing versicle of the Mass, "Ite, missa est." Both are chanted to the same melody, often borrowed from the Kyrie. During Eastertide Alleluia is added.

Settings by composers

• William Byrd ATTB
• Nobuaki Izawa SATB
• Guillaume de Machaut TTBB
• Francisco Martins SATB
• Johannes Ockeghem 36vv, 9 x SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Deo gratias. German translation Gott sei Dank.

English translation Thanks be to God.