Word: sanctus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ordinary of the Roman Mass. It begins with the Kyrie Eleison, Greek words which mean "Lord have mercy upon us." The conventional divisions follow: the Gloria (Gloria in excelsis Deo, "Glory be to God on high"), the Credo (Credo in unum Deum, "I believe in one God"), the Sanctus (Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, "Holy, holy, holy") and the Agnus Dei which begins "O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world," and ends "Grant us thy Peace." Choruses, solos, duets ? Bach wrote with a prodigal hand. Deeply pleading is his opening Kyrie, but for many there...