Gloria
General Information
Gloria in excelsis is the second item of the Ordinary of the Mass, immediately following the acclamations Kyrie eleison at the beginning of Mass. It is also referred to as the "Angelic Hymn", the Greater (major) Doxology (to distinguish it from the lesser or minor doxology Gloria Patri) or Et in terra pax, the words following the priest's solo intonation ("Gloria…" is repeated by the choir in numerous settings).
Composed on the model of the Psalms, its authorship is unknown, though it obviously takes as a point of departure the salutation of the angels at St Luke 2:14. By the 4th century the Greek original was being used at morning prayer; in the west it is sung at Mass on Sundays (except during Advent and Lent) and on certain feasts.
In Anglican usage, the Gloria appears in the usual place in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, after which it was moved to the end of the Communion Service until the liturgical reforms of the mid-twentieth century. The scores of Masses by English composers often follow this arrangement.
View the Wikipedia article on Gloria.
- See also:
- Gloria … Spiritus et alme, the Marian trope
- Glory be to God on high, Charles Wesley's metrical paraphrase
- Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, Nikolaus Decius's paraphrase
Stand-alone settings on CPDL
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Aleyn — Gloria, Old Hall 8
- Anonymous — Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Anonymous — Gloria, Old Hall 1
- Anonymous — Gloria, Old Hall 11
- Anonymous — Gloria, Old Hall 2
- Anonymous — Gloria, Old Hall 3
- Anonymous — Gloria, Old Hall 4a
- Anonymous — Gloria, Old Hall 4b
- Anonymous — Gloria, Old Hall 5
- Anonymous — Gloria, Old Hall 6
- Alexander Arkhangelsky — Gloria in excelsis
- Oliver Barton — Gloria (from 'Missa Gallinum Huma')
- Dmitri Bortniansky — Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
- Dudley Buck — Gloria in excelsis in Bb, Op. 31, No. 1
- John Burell — Gloria, Old Hall 12
- Thomas Bytteryng — Gloria, Old Hall 17
- Thomas Bytteryng — Gloria, Old Hall 18
- Thomas Causton — Communion Service
- Tomaso Cecchino — Gloria
- John Cooke — Gloria, Old Hall 14
- John Cooke — Gloria, Old Hall 7
- Thomas Damett — Gloria, Old Hall 10
- Thomas Damett — Gloria, Old Hall 13
- Donna DiBella — Glory to God in the highest
- J. Excetre — Gloria, Old Hall 20
- Marcel le Gan — Gloria
- Mariano Garau — Cum Sancto Spiritu
- Mariano Garau — Domine Deus
- Mariano Garau — Gloria
- Mariano Garau — Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Mariano Garau — Laudamus Te
- Óscar Manuel Paredes Grau — Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Óscar Manuel Paredes Grau — Gloria in excelsis Deo a 3
- Adam Gumpelzhaimer — Gloria
- Adam Gumpelzhaimer — Gloria in excelsis Deo - Qui tollis
- Roy Henry — Gloria, Old Hall 16
- David Leroy McIntyre III — Gloria Pueri
- John Ireland — Communion Service in C
- John Kilpatrick — Gloria
- Joseph Knapicius — Gloria! A Celebration of Life!
- George Alexander Macfarren — This is the day
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Laudamus te
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Laudamus te - Duet for sopranos
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass for the Decollation of John the Baptist
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass in E Flat - II
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass in E Flat - III
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass in F
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass in F of Our Lady
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass of Our Lady for December 8
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Mass of the Purification of Our Lady
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Missa Mimosa
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Qui sedes and quoniam
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Qui sedes and Quoniam for solo bass
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Qui sedes for basso solo (orchestration)
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Short Mass
- Edewede Oriwoh — Gloria in G Flat Major
- Edewede Oriwoh — Gloria! Pax!
- Paolo Pandolfo — Gloria
- Paolo Pandolfo — Gloria in excelsis
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi — Duetto
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi — Gloria in excelsis
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi — Laudamus Te
- Luca Purchiaroni — Gloria
- Pycard — Gloria, Old Hall 26
- Pycard — Gloria, Old Hall 27
- Martin Shaw — Fanfare for Christmas Day
- Remi Studer — Domine Deus
- Remi Studer — Gloria
- Nicholas Sturgeon — Gloria, Old Hall 15
- Nicholas Sturgeon — Gloria, Old Hall 9
- Thomas Tallis — Communion service in D minor
- John Tyes — Gloria, Old Hall 19
- Francisco Valls — Cum Sancto Spiritu
- Francisco Valls — Gratias agimus tibi
- Francisco Valls — Laudamus te
Text and translations
 Latin textGloria in excelsis Deo.  Dutch translationEer aan God in den hoge.  French translationGloire à Dieu au plus haut des cieux  Tagalog translationPapuri sa Diyos sa kaitaasan  Thai translation(จากหนังสือพิธีบูชาขอบพระคุณ):  Spanish translationGloria a Dios en el cielo  Vietnamese translationVinh danh Thiên Chúa trên các tầng trời. |
 English translation(traditional language from the "Book of Common Prayer"): English translation(modern language in post-Vatican II vernacular)  Chinese translation天主在天受光榮，主愛的人在世享平安。  Portuguese translationGlória a Deus nas alturas  German translationEhre sei Gott in der Höhe und Friede auf Erden  Hungarian translationDicsőség a magasságban Istennek,  Polish translationChwała na wysokości Bogu. |