Absolve Domine

Absolve, Domine is the Tract of the Mass of the Dead. In the Tridentine rite it follows the Gradual, with which it is sometimes combined in a single movement. It is usually omitted by Viennese composers or set separately, as Fux did.

Settings by composers

• Peter Cornelius TTBB
• Giuseppe Pitoni SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Absolve, Domine, animas omnium fidelium defunctorum ab omni vinculo delictorum. (verse:) Et gratia tua illis succurrente, mereantur evadere Judicium ultionis. Et lucis aeternae beatitudine perfrui.

English translation Deliver, O Lord, the souls of all the departed faithful from all bondage of their sins. And by your sustaining grace, may they be worthy of escaping the chastisement of judgment. And partake in the happiness of eternal light.