Classical Music
Almost all Roman Catholic liturgical music composed before the middle of the 20th century, including literally thousands of settings of the ordinary of the mass (Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), the ordinary and proper of the Requiem mass, psalms, canticles (such as the Magnificat), antiphons, and motets. Famous examples include:
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B Minor, four Missae, Magnificat, cantata BWV 191
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus, Requiem
- Carl Orff - Carmina Burana, Meum est propositum in taberna mori
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli
- Antonio Vivaldi - Nulla in mundo pax sincera
The libretto for the opera-oratorio Oedipus rex (opera) by Igor Stravinsky is in Latin.
Read more about this topic: List Of Songs With Latin Lyrics
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