Nunc dimittis (disambiguation)

Nunc dimittis is a canticle from the New Testament. The canticle was often translated and set to music. Nunc dimittis and related translations may also refer to:

Music

Latin

Nunc dimittis (Pärt), a setting by Arvo Pärt (2001)

English

List of English settings of Magnificats and Nunc dimittis, which includes
- Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D (Wood), a setting by Charles Wood (1898)
- Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Gloucester), a setting by Herbert Howells for Gloucester Cathedral (1947)
- Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for St Paul's Cathedral, a setting by Herbert Howells for St Paul's Cathedral (1950)

German

"Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin", a hymn by Martin Luther (1524), on which several works are based, including
- Mit Fried und Freud (Buxtehude), a funeral cantata by Dieterich Buxtehude (1674)
- Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, a cantata for the feast of the Purification by Johann Sebastian Bach (1723)

Other

"Nunc Dimittis" (short story), a short story by Robert Dahl (1953)

gollark: So for what purpose would you toss these plastic discs?

gollark: Or a cheap SBC.

gollark: You could get some sort of fanless computer.

gollark: "Dear God, please deliver unto us a USB cable with one-day shipping"

gollark: Also, it would be funny.

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