Dona nobis pacem (Latin for "Grant us peace") is a phrase in theAgnus Dei section of themass. The phrase, in isolation, has been appropriated for a number of musical works, which include:

• "Dona nobis pacem", a traditional round
• Dona nobis pacem, fugue byLudwig van Beethoven (now thought genuine), Hess Anh. 57 (1795)
• Dona nobis pacem, cantata by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1936)
• Title of the third movement ofSymphonie Liturgique by Arthur Honegger (1945)
• Title of a choral work byAnn Loomis Silsbee (1981)^[1]
• Dona nobis pacem for choir and orchestra by the Latvian composer, Pēteris Vasks (1996)
• Title of section ofAdiemus V: Vocalise by Karl Jenkins (2003)

• "Dona Nobis Pacem" is repeatedly quoted inGraham Greene's 1938 novelBrighton Rock by its antihero Pinkie Brown.
• "Dona Nobis Pacem" is used in Graham Greene's 1966 novelThe Comedians.

• Included inBobby Darin's 1960 Christmas albumThe 25th Day of December
• The title of a song, from thePresent from Nancy LP by the Dutch bandSupersister (1970)
• At the end ofPray Your Gods byToad the Wet Sprocket (1992)
• Included in an arrangement of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" recorded byWayne Watson onOne Christmas Eve (1994)
• A song performed by cast members (as an impromptu choir) in the 1978M*A*S*H Christmas episode "Dear Sis."
• Bass guitaristMichael Manring performs an instrumental version on the 1993Windham Hill compilationA Winter's Solstice IV.
• ClarinetistRichard Stoltzman performs a song on the 1996 Windham Hill compilationThe Carols of Christmas.
• A setting byDavid Fanshawe, on the 1994 recording ofAfrican Sanctus.
• One track of the albumNo Boundaries, by Ladysmith Black Mambazo (2006)
• Track 12 of the albumWhiskey Tango Ghosts, by Tanya Donelly (2004)
• The phrase is used by the Doctor - season 4, episode 6 ofDoctor Who, "The Poison Sky" - when speaking in code to Donna Noble who is trapped on the TARDIS by the Sontarans. (Original airdate: 3 May 2008)
• Sister Steven, a character in the comic strip9 Chickweed Lane repeatedly uses the phrase when her patience is being tried.
• The phrase is repeated in the song "Old City (Instrumental)" on the albumInstrumentals by theShanghai Restoration Project (2008).
• The title of a track in theMax Richter score for the HBO showThe Leftovers.
• The title of a composition byMotoi Sakuraba inTales of Destiny 2 and featured throughout the series.
• A song performed by an unnamed family in season 3, episode 11 ofThe Handmaid's Tale, "Liars".
• Referenced in the second half of the song "She Was Naked" (1970) bySupersister

• Definitions and translations at Wiktionary:
  • dona
  • nobis
  • pacem

• Latin religious words and phrases

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