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Dona nobis pacem (English: Grant us peace) is a cantata written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1936 and first performed on 2 October of that year. The work was commissioned to mark the centenary of the Huddersfield Choral Society. Vaughan Williams produced his plea for peace by referring to recent wars during the growing fears of a new one.
- 1936
- 2 October 1936
- English
- Centenary of the Huddersfield Choral Society
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Title. A cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus, and orchestra. Name Translations. Dona nobis pacem; Dona nobis pacem (Vaughan Williams) Authorities. WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176406711; LCCN: no96045741; GND: 300280327; BNF: 140398043. Composer. Vaughan Williams, Ralph. I-Catalogue Number.
- Dona Nobis Pacem
Feb 11, 2014 · By Hugh Cobbe. February 11th 2014. The cantata Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams was written at a time when the country was slowly awakening to the possibility of a second European conflict. When invited to provide a work for the centenary of the Huddersfield Choral Society in October 1936, Vaughan Williams remembered that he had in ...
Nov 10, 2021 · by. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Topics. Vaughan Williams, Boult, cantata, LP. Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Sir Adrian Boult conducts the London Phiharmonic Orchestra with Sheila Armstrong (1942- ), soprano, and John Carol Case (1923-2012), baritone.