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    The Nunc dimittis (English: /nʊŋk dɪˈmɪtɪs/), also known as the Song of Simeon or the Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the second chapter...
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    The Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for Gloucester Cathedral, also known as the Gloucester Service, is a setting by the English composer Herbert Howells...
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  • Nunc dimittis is a canticle from the New Testament. The canticle was often translated and set to music. Nunc dimittis and related translations may also...
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    Arvo Pärt's Nunc dimittis is a setting of the Latin canticle Nunc dimittis for mixed choir a cappella, written in 2001. It was published by Universal Edition...
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    The Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for St Paul's Cathedral, also known as the St Paul's Service, is a setting by the English composer Herbert Howells of...
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    Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D is a choral setting by the Irish composer Charles Wood of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for the Anglican service...
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  • "Nunc Dimittis" is a short story by Roald Dahl. It was first published under the title "The Devious Bachelor" in Colliers in September 1953. The story...
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  • canticles from the Gospel of Luke are usually used: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, coming respectively from the services of Vespers and Compline. Psalms...
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  • respectively Benedictus (Luke 1:68-79), Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) and Nunc dimittis (Luke 2:29-32). There are also a number of Canticles taken from the...
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    (1:67–79); the angels' Gloria in Excelsis Deo (2:13–14); and Simeon's Nunc dimittis (2:28–32). In form and content, these four canticles are patterned on...
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    peace" (Luke 2:25–35). The poem's narrative echoes the text of the Nunc dimittis, a liturgical prayer for Compline from the Gospel passage. Eliot introduces...
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    he uttered a prayer which is still used liturgically as the Latin Nunc dimittis in the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches, and gave...
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    Magnificat in the first chapter, and the Gloria in Excelsis and the Nunc dimittis in the second chapter. These "Gospel canticles" are now an integral...
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  • include Gregorian Chants, Tones from I-IX (Fauxbordons) or Magnificats or Nunc dimittis in Latin). Works are assumed to be for SATB, with or without divisions...
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    from the Evening Service in A by Stanford Evening Canticles: Nunc Dimittis The Nunc Dimittis from the Evening Service in A by Stanford Anthem: God So Loved...
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    2:26). Simeon then uttered the prayer that would become known as the Nunc Dimittis, or Canticle of Simeon, which prophesied the redemption of the world...
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    tuas, Domine ("Into Thy hands, O Lord"), with the evangelical canticle Nunc Dimittis and its anthem, which is particularly characteristic. The hour of compline...
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    chapters of this Gospel, the other two being the "Magnificat" and the "Nunc dimittis". The Benedictus was the song of thanksgiving uttered by Zechariah on...
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  • Mode) (1912) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G (1918) Requiem (1936) Collegium Regale (1944/45) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for Men's Voices and Organ...
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  • Love, My Dove" "Dip in the Pool" "Galloping Foxley" "Skin" "Neck" "Nunc Dimittis" "The Landlady" "William and Mary" "The Way Up to Heaven" "Parson's...
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    Benedictus Agnus Dei Mattins Preces and responses Venite Te Deum Benedicite Benedictus Jubilate Evensong Preces and responses Magnificat Nunc dimittis...
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  • this style. In Anglicanism a Magnificat is usually combined with a Nunc dimittis in an (Evening) Service, in which case the English translation of the...
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    now depart) is a hymn by Martin Luther, a paraphrase in German of the Nunc dimittis, the canticle of Simeon. Luther wrote the text and melody, Zahn No. 3986...
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    Creed Magnificat Nunc Dimittis Second Service, for 5 voices Magnificat Nunc Dimittis Third Service, for 5 voices Magnificat Nunc Dimittis Great Service,...
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    and the composer requested that its fifth movement (Нынѣ отпущаеши, Nunc dimittis) be sung at his funeral. The title of the work is often mis-translated...
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    Communion Service in the Phrygian Mode, his settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis are still popular with cathedral and parish church choirs, particularly...
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    Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C major (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F major (Ireland...
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  • study at a university. nunc aut nunquam now or never Motto of the Korps Commandotroepen, Dutch elite special forces. nunc dimittis now you send beginning...
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    Service in C) for SATB and organ, consisting of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, and dedicated to the choir of Christ Church, Christiana Hundred Christmas...
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  • Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, and the even higher treble solo in the Nunc Dimittis from Tippett's Evening Canticles written for St John's College, Cambridge)...
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