Gloria in excelsis Deo

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choral movement liturgical text setting

"Gloria in excelsis Deo" is the jubilant opening chorus of Vivaldi’s Gloria in D major, RV 589, celebrating the glory of God in the highest.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Latin liturgical phrase "Gloria in excelsis Deo" 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf choral movement ⓘ
liturgical text setting ⓘ
accompaniment basso continuo ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
associatedComposerWork Vivaldi Gloria NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedInstitution Ospedale della Pietà NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToRepertoire choral canon ⓘ
catalogNumber RV 589 ⓘ
commonlyPerformedWith complete Gloria in D major, RV 589 NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Antonio Vivaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Baroque sacred music ⓘ
hasText Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis ⓘ
key D major ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
liturgicalFunction Gloria section of the Mass ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Latin ⓘ
modeOfPerformance concert performance ⓘ
liturgical performance ⓘ
movementNumber 1 ⓘ
musicalPeriod Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature contrasting choral textures ⓘ
triumphant orchestral introduction ⓘ
openingWords Gloria in excelsis Deo ⓘ
partOf Gloria in D major, RV 589 NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInWork first movement ⓘ
religiousContext Christian liturgy ⓘ
religiousHolidayUsage Christmas liturgy ⓘ
festive Masses ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholic NERFINISHED ⓘ
sacredOrSecular sacred ⓘ
scoringType chorus with orchestra ⓘ
tempoCharacter festive ⓘ
jubilant ⓘ
textOpeningTranslationEnglish Glory to God in the highest ⓘ
textSource Gloria from the Ordinary of the Mass NERFINISHED ⓘ
textTheme glory of God in the highest ⓘ
praise of God ⓘ
vocalForces alto ⓘ
mixed choir ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
workTypeWithinMass Gloria NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gloria → hasCulturalAssociation → Gloria in excelsis Deo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin liturgical phrase "Gloria in excelsis Deo"
Latin Mass for the Lutheran court in Dresden (Missa section) → liturgicalSectionsIncluded → Gloria in excelsis Deo ⓘ
Gloria in D major, RV 589 → movement → Gloria in excelsis Deo ⓘ