NUNC DIMITTIS

nŭngk dĭmĭtˈĭs [Lat.,=now you are dismissing], the opening words of Simeon's song of praise on the occasion of the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple. After seeing Jesus, Simeon joyfully proclaims that he has seen God's salvation. The hymn is used traditionally in evening liturgical services.

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books on: Nunc Dimittis  - 495 results

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Anglican Chant and Chanting in England, Scotland, and America, 1660-1820
Book by Ruth M. Wilson; Oxford University, 1996
Subjects: Anglican Chants--History And Criticism, Church Music--Anglican Communion, Church Music--Church Of England
...responses Mg Magnificat Nd Nunc dimittis Sn Sanctus Ps Psalm...Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis shall be repeated Glory be. Answer...chapter for the day, or for Nunc dimittis Evening Lord now lettest thou...
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Giovanni Gabrieli (Ca. 1555-1612): A Thematic Catalogue of His Music with a Guide to the Source Materials and Translations of His Vocal Texts
Book by Richard Charteris, Barry S. Brook; Pendragon Press, 1996
Subjects: Gabrieli, Giovanni--1557-1612--Bibliography, Gabrieli, Giovanni--1557-1612--Discography, Gabrieli, Giovanni--1557-1612--Thematic Catalogs
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Music History during the Renaissance Period, 1520-1550: A Documented Chronology
Book by Blanche Gangwere; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: Music--16th Century--History And Criticism, Renaissance--Chronology
...Missa pro defunctis cum quatour vocibus, nunc primum in lucem aedita. Lutetiae: Le...Mundi for four voices. CerMT Missae tres, nunc primum in lucem aedite, cum quatuor vocibus...source contains two five-voice Psalms: Ecce nunc benedicite and Gaudete in domino semper...
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William Byrd
Book by Edmund H. Fellowes; Oxford University Press, 1948
Subjects: Byrd, William--1542 Or 3-1623
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Music in Medieval Britain
Book by Frank L. Harrison; Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1958
Subjects: Music--500-1400, Music--Great Britain--History And Criticism
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journal articles on: Nunc Dimittis  - 12 results

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Reinventing the Gospel: Aelfric and the Liturgy
Journal article by M. Bradford Bedingfield; Medium Aevum, Vol. 68, 1999
Subjects: Anglo-Saxon literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian drama--Translations and translating, Liturgics--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Middle Ages--Fairs, festivals, etc.
...throughout the liturgy as the `Nunc dimittis. Luke is the only evangelist to...giving thanks and praying the `Nunc dimittis. Again, in AElfrics explication...et benedixit deum dicens Nunc dimittis domine seruum tuum in pace.(13...
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Learned Reading, Vernacular Seeing: Jacques Daret's Presentation in the Temple
Journal article by Penny Howell Jolly; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 82, 2000
Subjects: Altarpieces--Analysis, Artists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian art and symbolism--Analysis, Church decoration and ornament--Analysis, Daret, Jacques--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...for glory to thy people Israel." Following his famous Nunc dimittis canticle ("Lord, now let thy servant depart in peace...Mary. When Simeon delivers his version of his famous "Nunc dimittis" speech, Joseph immediately follows with "Mary, listen...
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Requiem
Journal article by Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 52, 2003
...vertigo. IX. Nunc Dimittis Reaching for the child, a light bundle of grace...
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Colonial History and Post-Colonial Fiction: The Writing of Thea Astley
Journal article by Leigh Dale; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 19, 1999
Subjects: Astley, Thea--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Australia--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Imperialism--Social aspects, Massacres--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...Brodie, swaying, dropping forward from her chair during the nunc dimittis with blood running down her legs to the floor, the...
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Spenser, Donne, and the Theology of Joy
Journal article by Adam Potkay; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 46, 2006
Subjects: Donne, John--Criticism and interpretation, Donne, John--Works, Joy--Portrayals, Spenser, Edmund--Criticism and interpretation, Spenser, Edmund--Works
...That the Lord Would Grant Us Grace The 67th Psalm, 1523," in Works, 53:232-4. 234; "In Peace and Joy I Now Depart The Nunc Dimittis, 1524," in Works, 53:247-8; "Now Let Us Pray to the Holy Ghost, 1524," in Works, 53:263-4, 264; and "From Heaven on...
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magazine articles on: Nunc Dimittis  - 8 results

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Writing History
Magazine article by Jim Ware; The New American, Vol. 22, May 15, 2006
...between two factions to control one government; of the federal government, the Confederacy sought, not control, but only nunc dimittis--to depart in peace. Congress recognized that, noting that the "War Between the States," the term used in The Real...
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Guys & Dahls
Magazine article by David Propson; New Criterion, Vol. 25, February 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Collected Stories of Roald Dahl (Book)--Book reviews
...painting them nude, then adding the clothes over them ("Nunc Dimittis"). But then Dahl ups the ante. For the true perversity...cruel caprice of an absurd universe, but an angle. In "Nunc Dimittis" an art advisor conceives the idea of commissioning...
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Looking Forward in Hope
Magazine article by Margaret Guenther; Sojourners Magazine, Vol. 36, December 2007
Subjects: Aged--Religious aspects, Aging (Biology)--Religious aspects, Aging--Religious aspects, Bible and literature--Criticism and interpretation, Bible as literature--Criticism and interpretation, Biblical literature--Criticism and interpretation, Elderly--Religious aspects, Luke, Saint--Criticism and interpretation, Luke, Saint--Works
...equal time. We have a full report of Simeons words--the "Nunc Dimittis" (the Canticle of Simeon), that glorious, gentle hymn...his two middle-aged, nonobservant children to sing the Nunc Dimittis. I found a hymnal in the hospital chapel, and somehow...
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Souls Hungering after Meaning: In Aegypt, John Crowley's Just-Completed Four-Book Masterwork, Ordinary People Bear a Faint Symbolic Glow through Real and Mythological Realms
Magazine article by Michael Dirda; American Scholar, Vol. 77, Winter 2008
Subjects: Aegypt (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Works, Crowley, John--Works, Daemonomania (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Endless Things (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Love and Sleep (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Meaning of life, The Solitudes (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Works
...is that we have lost something that we once possessed. Our souls hunger after meaning. At the emotionally shattering Nunc Dimittis that brings Little, Big to a close, the magic goes away, the fairies depart, the portals between their realm and ours...
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Contemptus Mundi and the Love of Life
Magazine article by Amanda Shaw; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 2008
Subjects: Hate--Analysis, Hatred--Analysis, Love--Analysis
...received--took part in the prayers and hymns. A final profession is a wedding, but at times it also seems like a funeral. Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, intoned the choir before Mass. Secundum verbum tuum in pace. Simeons canticle was appropriate...
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newspaper articles on: Nunc Dimittis  - 13 results

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Theme for the Day
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 29, 2000
...Psalm 118, Tippet St Johns Service (Mag) Morago (Nunc) Nunc Dimittis - Holst, Hymns. Hereford: 8am Holy Communion. 10am...darkness. 6.30pm Congregational Service: Murrill in E (Nunc Dimittis), Stanford - The Lord is my Shepherd. FROM THE PAST...
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The Presentation in the Temple; Luke 2:22-35
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 29, 2005
...Gloria of the angelic choir. It is popularly known as Nunc Dimittis, from the opening lines in Latin. Like them, it is considered...of the speaker himself. Like the other canticles, the Nunc Dimittis does not refer specifically to the conception and birth...
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Passion Rules the Dark Side; CLASSICAL
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 17, 2005
...of jingoism. The BBC Singers joined the orchestra for the unashamedly religious affirmation of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, while Daniel Hope did justice to the pervading lyrical element of the Violin Concerto by John Casken, a former teacher...
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Heads Bowed at Tavistock Square
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 21, 2005
...so that we become centres of peacefulness reaching out to others." Many wept openly as soprano Lesley Garrett sang Nunc Dimittis and Panis Angelicus before they joined her in Abide With Me. Among those attending the service were doctors who were...
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Around the Nation
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 2, 2005
...nations and the glory of Your people Israel." (Luke 2:29-32). Simeons pronouncements was later made into a hymn called Nunc Dimittis and has since played a prominent role in Christian worship. It was also the inspiration behind the Churchs procession...
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encyclopedia articles on: Nunc Dimittis  - 3 results

 
 
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Nunc Dimittis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
NUNC DIMITTIS nungk dimit is Lat.,=now you are dismissing, the opening words of Simeons song of praise on the occasion of the presentation...
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Hymn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...religious character (see also cantata ). Early Christian hymnody consisted mainly of the Psalms and the great canticles Nunc dimittis, Magnificat, and Benedictus from the Bible and of the Sanctus, Gloria in excelsis, and Te Deum. These were chanted...
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Simeon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...are seldom mentioned individually. 2 Devout man who blessed Jesus when He was presented in the Temple. He uttered Nunc dimittis . 3 Simeon Niger, early Christian, prominent in Antioch. In chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles, Simeon appears...


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