Talk:Messa a quattro voci da Cappella (1650) (Claudio Monteverdi)

Agnus Dei - No donna nobis pacem?

There seems to be no 'Donna nobis pacem' in the Agnus Dei of this Mass. There are, as there should be, two settings of 'miserere mei' but no third 'Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi' followed by 'donna nobis pacem'.

Liturgically, there must've been one. Any clues out there?

Alan Knight

In the original version there's no Dona nobis. One suggestion might be to add some lines of plainchant.

Marton Jakobey

Another suggestion might be to sing the Agnus Dei twice, as 'miserere nobis' has the same rhythm as 'dona nobis pacem'. There are quite a few masses around lacking the 'dona nobis pacem'.

Peter Rottländer