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Lux æterna luceat eis, Domine: cum Sanctis tuis in æternum, quia pius es. Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.1
1 Weiland adds "Amen."
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joel Balzun (b. 1990), "Lux aeterna", 2013 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ylva Bentancor (b. 1967), "Lux aeterna", 2001, first performed 2001 [ voice and mixed chorus ]
Publisher: Svensk Musik [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Britta Byström (b. 1977), "Lux aeterna", 2001, copyright © 2002 [ mixed chorus ], Gehrman
Publisher: Gehrman [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Aija Draguns (b. 1999), "Lux aeterna", 2020, first performed 2021 [ mixed chorus ]
Score: Google Drive [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Kim Hedås (b. 1965), "Lux aeterna", 2001 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by György Ligeti (1923 - 2006), "Lux aeterna" [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Douglas Gordon Weiland (b. 1954), "Lux æterna", op. 59 no. 7 (2018-2019), from mass Requiem Mass, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by John Milford Rutter, CBE (b. 1945), "Lux aeterna", from mass Requiem, no. 7
- by Ramona Luengen (b. 1960), "O süsses Licht", 2001 [ soprano, mixed chorus ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen)
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 24
Let eternal light shine on them, Lord: With your saints eternally, because you are divine. Give to them eternal rest, Lord: And let eternal light shine on them.
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Word count: 28