1) Choral composition 2) Composition in G minor 3) The 51st psalm
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1) Psalm
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[Allegri] Miserere (full title: Miserere mei, Deus, Latin for `Have mercy on me, O God`) is a setting of Psalm 51 (50) by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri. It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for use in the Sistine Chapel during matins, as part of the exclusive Tenebrae service on Holy Wednesday ...
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[Górecki] Górecki wrote the work in 1981 as a protest against government intervention in the workings of the Polish Solidarity trade union - specifically, in response to the government-sanctioned assault of activists in Bydgoszcz. After martial law was enacted in December of that year, performance of the piece became impossible, and the p...
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[Josquin] The Miserere, by Josquin des Prez, is a motet setting of Psalm 51 (Psalm 50 in the Septuagint numbering) for five voices. He composed it while in the employ of Duke Ercole I d`Este in Ferrara, most likely in 1503 or 1504. It was one of the most famous settings of that psalm of the entire Renaissance, was hugely influential in subs...
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• (n.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia. • (n.) Same as Ileus. • (n.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in t...
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(from the article `prayer`) Situated at the most personal level of man, sin places him directly before God, who alone is able to grant pardon and salvation. The Miserere (`Lord, ...
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In music, title of a work using the text of Psalm 51, Miserere mei, Deus .. (Latin `have mercy upon me, O God ...`). It is sung (often in plainsong) during the Roman Catholic office (or...
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1. The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere. ... 2. A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm. 'Where only the wind signs miserere.' (Lowell) ... 3. A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It ...
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Mis`e·re're noun [ Latin , have mercy, from
misereri to have mercy, from
miser . See
Miser .]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word
miserere .
2. ...
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Miserere is the name of a psalm in the Roman Catholic church service, taken from the fifty-first Psalm, beginning in the Vulgate, 'Miserere mei, Domine' ('Pity me, O Lord').
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In architecture a miserere or misericordia is the projecting bracket on the underside of the seats of stalls in churches. These, where perfect, are fixed with hinges so that they may be turned up, and when this is done the projection of the miserere is sufficient, without actually forming a seat, to afford very considerable rest to any one leaning ...
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