Kyrie

The Kyrie is the first sung prayer in the Ordinary of the pre–1969 Tridentine Mass, and is usually (but not always, as in the case of several Renaissance masses) a part of any musical setting of the Mass. Kyrie movements often have an ternary (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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Settings by composers

• Frank Adlam — Office of Holy Communion  English SATB
• Ambrosian chant — Kyrie  Greek Unison
• Anonymous — Kyrie (16th cent. English)  Greek 
• Anonymous — Kyrie  Greek SATB
• Anonymous — Kyrie (de Beata Virgine) D-Ju MS 35  Latin SATB
• Anonymous — Kyrie - Orbis Factor  2 Unison
• Anonymous — Kyrie de Beata Virgine  Ancient Greek ATT
• Ruggerio Argilliano — Christe eleison  Latin SATB.SATB
• Ruggerio Argilliano — Kyrie eleison 1  Latin SATB.SATB
• Ruggerio Argilliano — Kyrie eleison 2  Latin SATB.SATB
• Johannes Brassart — Kyrie - de apostolis  Greek SAT
• George de Bruin — Kyrie for Double Choir  Ancient Greek SSAATTBB
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier — Messe en sol mineur  Greek SATB
• Adrian Cuello — Señor ten piedad (Kyrie)  Spanish SATB
• Christoph Dalitz — A Pentatonic Kyrie  Greek SATB
• Christoph Dalitz — A simple Kyrie acclamation  Greek SATB
• Ludwig Daser — Kyrie (Inviolata)  Greek SATTB
• John Dunstable — Kyrie (Tr. 87, f. 126r)  Latin ATB
• Carl-Aage Eliasson — Kyrie  Greek SSA
• Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch — Christe eleison a 2 Cori voci Concertante  Greek SATB.SATB
• Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch — Kyrie eleison a 16 voci reali  Greek SATB.SATB.SATB.SATB
• Andrea Gabrieli — Kyrie a 5, a 8, a 12  Greek SATB.ATBB.ATBB
• Andrea Gabrieli — Kyrie à 5  Greek SATTB
• Giovanni Gabrieli — Kyrie a 12  Latin SATB.SATB.SATB
• Giovanni Gabrieli — Kyrie à 12 (1615)  Latin SSAT.ATTB.TBBB
• Mariano Garau — Kyrie  Latin STB
• Mariano Garau — Kyrie II  Latin SATB
• Charles H. Giffen — Kyrie eleison  Greek SATB
• Charles Gounod — Kyrie eleison, CG 69  Latin SSTTB
• Gregorian chant — Kyrie XVI  Greek Unison
• John Hake — Kyrie  Latin SSAT
• George Frideric Handel — Kyrie  Greek SATB
• Oliver Hayes — Baa Baa Black Sheep Kyrie  Ancient Greek SATB
• William Hayes — Kyrie Eleison  Latin 3 equal voices
• Hyett — Kyrie  Latin SATB
• Márton Jakobey — Kyrie  Latin TTBB
• Michal Janošík — Kyrie eleison  Greek SATB
• Joseph Knapicius — Kyrie Eleison celebramus vitae  Latin SATB
• Éric Leroy — Kyrie  Greek SATB
• Donato Liberatore — Signore, pietà  Italian ST
• Reginald Libert — Kyrie  Ancient Greek SST, STT
• Johan Lindegren — Kyrie  Swedish SSATB
• Gonçalo Lourenço — Kyrie  Latin SATB
• Frances Matthews — Kyrie  2 SSAATTBB
• Felix Mendelssohn — Kyrie  Ancient Greek SATB.SATB
• Felix Mendelssohn — Kyrie in c-minor MWV B 12  Latin SATB.SATB
• Nicolas Merques — Kyrie I  Greek STT
• Nicolas Merques — Kyrie II  Ancient Greek ATT
• Jorge Moreira — Kyrie eleison  Greek SATB
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Kyrie in Canon  Greek 5 equal voices
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Kyrie in D major, K.91/186i  Latin SATB
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Kyrie in D minor, KV 341  Greek SATB
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Kyrie in d minor, KV 90  Latin SATB
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Kyrie in F major, KV 33  Greek SATB
• John Mundy — Kyrie  Greek SATB
• William Mundy — Kyrie  Latin SSST, SAAT
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass in E Flat - II  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass in E Flat - III  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass in F  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass in F of Our Lady  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass of Our Lady for December 8  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass of the Purification of Our Lady  Latin TTB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Missa Mimosa  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Novena of St. joachim  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Office of Palm Sunday - II  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Office of Palm Sunday I  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Short Mass  Latin SATB
• Robert Okeland — Kyrie  Latin SSAT
• Marbrianus de Orto — Kyrie (Missa in honorem Beatissimae Virginis)  Latin STTB
• Paolo Pandolfo — Kyrie  Latin SATB
• Mogens Pedersøn — Kyrie Gud Fader forbarme dig offuer oss  2 SATTB
• Fabrizio Perone — Kyrie  Greek ST
• Markus Pfandler — Kyrie in black  Greek SATBB
• Richard Quesnel — Kyrie de la Camerata  Greek SA
• Josef Rheinberger — Kyrie, JWV 51  Latin SATB
• Josef Rheinberger — Kyrie, JWV 8  Latin SSATB
• Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck — Kyrie  Latin SATB
• Rocco Rodio — Kyrie Adieu mes amours  Greek SSATBB
• Johannes Roullet — Kyrie (Paschale)  Greek SAT
• Erik Satie — Messe des Pauvres  Latin SB
• Franz Schubert — Kyrie in B flat, D45  Latin SATB
• John Sheppard — Kyrie & Haec dies  Latin SATTBB
• Vianney Sicard — Kyrie  Latin SS
• Caleb Simper — Kyrie  Greek SATB
• Heather Soderling — Kyrie eleison  Greek SATB
• Spierinck — Kyrie (paschale)  Ancient Greek SAT
• Simone Stella — Kyrie eleison  Ancient Greek SATB
• Joseph G. Stephens — Kyrie  Latin SATB
• Remi Studer — Kyrie en re  Latin SATB
• August Söderman — Kyrie (No. 1 from 'Andliga sånger')  Greek SATB
• Thomas Tallis — Kyrie eleison  Latin TTBB
• John Taverner — Kyrie Le Roy  Greek SATB
• Velthur Tognoni — Kyrie  Greek SATB,SAATTB
• Christopher Tye — Kyrie Orbis factor  Latin ATTB
• Francisco Valls — Christe eleison (Missa Scala Aretina)  Greek SSSAATT
• Scott Villard — Kyrie (2010)  Latin SATB
• Laurentius Vorda — Kyrie Paschale  Greek STTB
• Hugo Wilderer — Kyrie (from Missa)  Greek SATB

 

Text and translations

Greek text Κύριε ελέησον. Χριστε ελέησον. Κύριε ελέησον. Latin transliteration   Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. Italian translation Signore, pietà. Cristo, pietà. Signore, pietà. Spanish translation Señor, ten piedad. Cristo, ten piedad. Señor, ten piedad. Portuguese translation Senhor, tende piedade de nós. Cristo, tende piedade de nós. Senhor, tende piedade de nós. Thai translation ข้าแต่พระเจ้า ทรงพระกรุณาเทอญ ข้าแต่พระคริสตเจ้า ทรงพระกรุณาเทอญ ข้าแต่พระเจ้า ทรงพระกรุณาเทอญ

English translation Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. German translation Herr, erbarme dich. Christus, erbarme dich. Herr, erbarme dich. Dutch translation Heer, ontferm U onzer. Christus, ontferm U onzer. Heer, ontferm U onzer. French translation Seigneur, prends pitié. Christ, prends pitié. Seigneur, prends pitié. Polish translation Panie, zmiłuj się nad nami. Chryste, zmiłuj się nad nami. Panie, zmiłuj się nad nami.

Chinese translation 上主，求你垂憐。 基督，求你垂憐。 上主，求你垂憐。 Hungarian translation Uram, irgalmazz! Krisztus, kegyelmezz! Uram, irgalmazz! Tagalog translation Panginoon, maawa Ka. Kristo, maawa Ka. Panginoon, maawa Ka. Vietnamese translation Xin Chúa thuong xót chúng con. Xin Chúa Kitô thuong xót chúng con. Xin Chúa thuong xót chúng con.}} Danish translation Herre, forbarm dig over os Kriste, forbarm dig over os Herre, forbarm dig over os