Gloria in Excelsis Deo

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Lat.). ‘Glory to God in the highest’. The ‘doxologia magna’ (see doxologia), an amplification of the song of the angels announcing the birth of Christ. It occurs in the Roman Mass and in the Communion Service of the Anglican Church.

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