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composed by

William Lloyd Webber William Southcombe Lloyd Webber (11 March 1914 – 29 October 1982) was an English organist and composer, who achieved some fame as a part of the modern classical music movement whilst commercially facing mixed opportunities. Besides his long ...

in 1962 for a four-part choir and

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. Lloyd Webber, who was the father of the composer

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and the cellist

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, was the organist and choirmaster of

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, London between 1939 and 1948. From 1958 he served as director of music at the

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. During this time, he composed two Latin masses, ''Princeps Pacis'' in 1962 and '' Missa Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae'' in 1979. The title "Prince of Peace" was part of a prophecy by Isaiah (), which Handel had used in the chorus ''For unto us a child is born'' in part I of his ''Messiah''. The mass sets all part of the

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except the Credo, and is thus a

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. The mass was published in 1962 under the English title Mass "The Prince of Peace", with the dedication "to my friend Father Wilfred Purney with affection". It was recorded by Chandos in 1997, styled "Mass: 'Princeps Pacis'", as part of the album ''Invocation'', a collection of works by William Lloyd Webber, with the Westminster Singers and organist Ian Watson and conducted by

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. It was published under its Latin title in the ''William Lloyd Webber Centenary Collection'' by Kevin Mayhew. It was included in a celebration of Lloyd Webber's sacred music at

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on 11 March 2014, marking his 100th anniversary. The St Martin-in-the-Fields event included St Martin's Voices and organist Andrew Earis. A reviewer noted: "The first half ended with possibly the finest of the chosen works, the choral Missa Princeps Pacis, a beautifully crafted and proportioned composition with echoes of Fauré, performed here with delicacy."

Structure

Webber structured the text in five movements, which he marked for tempo in Italian: * Kyrie – Comodo e cantabile / Poco agitato * Gloria – Allegro comodo / Meno mosso ed espreso/ Allegro comodo * Sanctus – Maestoso * Benedictus – Andante sostenuto * Agnus Dei = Comodo, ma poco mesto

References

External links

* Rob Barnett
An Interview With Julian Lloyd Webber About His Father, The Composer, William Lloyd Webber
musicweb-international.com

(in German)

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{{italic title Compositions by William Lloyd Webber Masses (music) 1962 compositions