Bee yay ay-zoo, Monte Pythonem

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2 total messages Started by Dick Eney Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:56

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Author: Dick Eney
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:56

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Bee yay ay-zoo dom-ee-nay, dough-na ay ees requi-em is a pretty
good "ear transcription" of an actual Church-Latin chant:

Beatae Jesu dominae, dona (etes?) requiem

Blessed Lord Jesus, give (us?) peace(ful rest)

Re: Bee yay ay-zoo, Monte Pythonem

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Author: G.Guth
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:48

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In article <1k4tliINN8f3@digex.digex.com> dickeney@access.digex.com (Dick Eney) writes:
>Bee yay ay-zoo dom-ee-nay, dough-na ay ees requi-em is a pretty
>good "ear transcription" of an actual Church-Latin chant:
>
>Beatae Jesu dominae, dona (etes?) requiem
>
>Blessed Lord Jesus, give (us?) peace(ful rest)
>
It is, actually, the last two lines of the Dies Irae sequence, from the
requiem mass, which read:

Pie Jesu Domine
Dona eis requiem.  Amen.

and means, 

Holy Lord Jesus,
Grant them rest.

The sequence was an important part of the RC funeral mass, until Vatican II
(I believe).  Most requiem masses composed include the sequence (A few, like
Gabriel Faure's, have only part).  I understand that it was composed by Irish
monks (although I'm not sure when.  The piece is probably about 1000 years old)

Richard Britnell of Salisbury.

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