Kyrie
Kyrie is the vocative case of the Greek word κύριος (kyrios - lord) and means O Lord; it is the name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy.
The Kyrie prayer, offered during the Roman Catholic Mass and in some other denominations (such as many in the Anglican Communion), led by the priest or celebrant, and repeated by the congregation. Though today usually recited in the vernacular, the traditional form of the Kyrie in Western Christianity is a transliteration of the Greek prayer into Latin.
- Κυριε ελεησον; Χριστε ελεησον; Κυριε ελεησον.
- Kyrie eleison; Christe eleison; Kyrie eleison.
- pronounced
- "Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy."
This prayer occurs early in the Ordinary of the Roman-Rite Catholic Mass, directly following the Penitential Rite. However, since Form C of Penitential Rite incorporates the Kyrie text, no additional Kyrie is recited when this form is used. The Penitential Rite and Kyrie are omitted when the Rite of Sprinkling is celebrated.
The Kyrie is the first sung prayer in the Ordinary of the pre-Vatican II Tridentine Mass, and is a mandatory part of any musical setting of the Mass. Kyrie movements often have an ABA musical structure that reflects the symmetrical structure of the text. Even today the Kyrie is traditionally sung by the cantor, choir, and congregation when it occurs; musical settings of the prayer in styles ranging from Gregorian chant to Folk are popular.
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Franz Peter Schubert | Franz Schubert | Franz Shubert | Schubert
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