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From the opening blasts of the trombone choir to the contrapuntal majesties of the Sanctus and the serene Agnus Dei, Bach's B Minor took nearly three hours. During the 45-minute intermission the choir drank coffee and the audience gossiped over Cokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Super-Duper Bach | 3/4/1946 | See Source »

...Kyrie, the theme of Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen invokes the mercy of the Lord, and at the Gloria, Go Down, Moses proclaims His glory. For the profession of faith at the Credo there is the theme of Blow Your Trumpet, Gabriel. At the Sanctus and Benedictus ("Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord") are the melo dies of Goin' Home and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and at the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) the devout and placid music of Deep River...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Are Spirituals Spiritual? | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

From the opening crash of the Kyrie to the contrapuntal splendors of the Sanctus and the flowing tranquillity of the Agnus Dei, choir, soloists and instrumentalists did themselves proud last week, mightily impressed visiting critics with the musical authority of Director Jones. As for Ifor Jones, he has made no secret of his ambition to do in Bethlehem what Leopold Stokowski did in Philadelphia. Stokowski was also a church organist before he took over the Philadelphia Orchestra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bach at Bethlehem | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass consists of five parts: the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. The Lutheran service uses only the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bach at Bethlehem | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...have given the chorus in preparing this work. The attacks were clean, the tone was pure, and there was plenty of body in the choral sections. Although the orchestra occasionally became a bit indefinite in its playing of the Gloria and the Credo, it redeemed itself gloriously in the Sanctus and the Agnus Dei. The soloists on the whole sang well and with feeling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 4/28/1938 | See Source »

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