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  • (Mosco Carner, in his Puccini biography, mentions that the "Te deum" was partially recycled from an unpublished 1880 church anthem, but no other source sees fit to mention this, so I'm guessing that, if Puccini was stealing from himself, he changed the source material quite a bit along the way.)

    Honor among thieves Matthew Guerrieri 2008

  • It's almost the same harmonies Puccini later used for the "Te deum" finale to Act I of Tosca:

    Honor among thieves Matthew Guerrieri 2008

  • (Mosco Carner, in his Puccini biography, mentions that the "Te deum" was partially recycled from an unpublished 1880 church anthem, but no other source sees fit to mention this, so I'm guessing that, if Puccini was stealing from himself, he changed the source material quite a bit along the way.)

    Archive 2008-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

  • Exceptions were, of course, the most important liturgical prayers, not only the Pater noster, but also the Ave Maria, the Te deum or the Psalms ...

    Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

  • It's almost the same harmonies Puccini later used for the "Te deum" finale to Act I of Tosca:

    Archive 2008-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

  • I'm thinking about getting aggressive next time with them, invite them in and give them the old credo in unum deum.

    Mormon weirdness Dymphna 2008

  • I may have been too young to understand the words carpe deum but I resolved there and then to seize my chances in future.

    Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008

  • “Ad deum qui laetificat juventutem meam” To God, the joy of my youth;

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith Jack Canfield 2008

  • I may have been too young to understand the words carpe deum but I resolved there and then to seize my chances in future.

    Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008

  • “Ad deum qui laetificat juventutem meam” To God, the joy of my youth;

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith Jack Canfield 2008

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