Agnus Dei (Barber)

Agnus Dei (Barber)

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) is a choral composition in one movement by Samuel Barber, his own arrangement of his Adagio for Strings (1938). In 1967, he set the Latin words of the liturgical Agnus Dei, the last part of the Mass, for mixed chorus with optional organ or piano accompaniment. The music, in B-flat minor, has a duration of about eight minutes.