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  - 506 results

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1.
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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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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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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The Chester Mystery Cycle: Essays and Documents
Book by R. M. Lumiansky, David Mills; University of North Carolina Press, 1983
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journal articles on: Nunc Dimittis  - 10 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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Absent Gender, Silent Encounter
Journal article by Debora Kodish; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 100, 1987
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...what a bad job he is doing on her song. Invited in, he recalls the "fantastic feeling" that "rolled over him," the "Nunc Dimittis feeling." Henderson mentions that Jeannie gives him tea, and that he records against her will, long into the night...
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England's Samuel: Wordsworth in the "Hungry-Forties
Journal article by Stephen Gill; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 33, 1993
Subjects: Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Wordsworth, William--Achievements and awards
...have been those who recalled Richard Prices scandalous A Discourse on the Love of Our Country in 1789, which uttered Nunc Dimittis at the events in France and called down the wrath of Burke in Reflections on the Revolution in France. (39) F.W. Robertson...
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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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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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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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The Difficult Justice of Melville & Kleist
Magazine article by Martin Greenberg; New Criterion, Vol. 23, March 2005
Subjects: Kleist, Heinrich von, Luther, Martin (Religious reformer)
...needed Lawrence to supply the words): Delenda est Chicago! But thirty-five years and more later, it was time for his nunc dimittis, time to depart life with some mellowing word of acceptance, of reconciliation, an offering of faith in the existence...
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Directory of New Music and Instructional Materials
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 52, August 2002
Subjects: Music industry--Directories, Music teachers--Equipment and supplies, Music--Equipment and supplies
...Free catalog available. Nunc dimittis, by Jackson Berkey. This choral work for a four-part mens choir is based on Gregorian chant plus original music by...
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newspaper articles on: Nunc Dimittis  - 15 results

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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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Sacred Release Captures Rich Sound of Choir; Classical Music
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 6, 2009
...REGCD316) elegantly sandwiches the various Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis evening canticles Howells composed for each of the Three...tailed with the Te Deum Jubilate and Magnificat Nunc Dimittis written for Kings College, Cambridge. Hereford Cathedral...
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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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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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Theme of the Day
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 15, 2000
...Evensong: Fifth Service - Tomkins, Lord let me know mine end - Greene. 6.30pm Congregational Service: Purcell in G minor (Nunc Dimittis), Hide not thou thy face - Farrant. 200 YEARS AGO The planet Mercury is just now in his greatest elongations, with...
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encyclopedia articles on: Nunc Dimittis  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Nunc Dimittis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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, 2009
...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, 2009
...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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