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Miserere (mĭzərâr`ē), in the Bible, the 51st (or 50th) Psalm, beginning "Miserere mei, Deus (Have mercy upon me, O God)." It is one of the penitential Psalms 1,) Solomon , Moses , and the sons of Korah . Many scholars believe that some of the Psalms originated in David's time and some even earlier. Most of them, however, took their present form between c.538 B.C. (when the Jews returned from Babylonian exile) and c.100 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. . Noteworthy musical settings are those of Josquin des Prés and Palestrina. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then again, maybe Rouault had hoped that one or more of his Miserere et Guerre series would turn the world to Christ. Fifty-eight Stations of the Cross is what you might call Georges Rouault's powerful series of etchings, Miserere et Guerre, on view through May 28 at the Museum of Biblical Art near New York's Lincoln Center. Round the whole square in front of the church there is an almost continuous line of cafes, where the idle Venetians of the middle classes lounge, and read empty journals; in its centre the Austrian bands play during the time of vespers, their martial music jarring with the organ notes,--the march drowning the miserere, and the sullen crowd thickening round them,--a crowd, which, if it had its will, would stiletto every soldier that pipes to it. |
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