Johann Sebastian Bach: Domine Deus

  
Domine Deus has been studied and performed by many children's choirs around teh world. Sung in Latin, the duet is appropriate for school, community and church choirs. This edition is recorded by the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus on the cassette tape: Encore! A Choral Heritage, available from the publisher.



The treble voice duet Domine Deus comes from Bach's Mass in G Major. As the center section of Gloria, the duet demonstrates an ideal interaction between harmony and counterpoint. Being one of Bach's four small ("Lutheran") masses, it is suggested by some scholars that the Mass in G Major was among Bach's preliminary studies for the B minor Mass.