Miserere

Miserere (Latin imperative of misereor 'have mercy' or 'have pity') may refer to:

• Psalm 51, referred to as "Miserere" because of its opening words, "Miserere mei, Deus"

Music

Classical compositions

• Musical settings of Psalm 51, the "Miserere", include:
  • Miserere (Josquin), c. 1503 motet setting by Josquin des Prez
  • Miserere nostri, 1575 composition by Thomas Tallis
  • Miserere (Allegri), 1630s musical setting by Gregorio Allegri
  • Miserere des Jésuites H.193 (1683-85), Miserere H.157 (1670), Miserere H.173 (late 1670s), Miserere H.219 (early 1690s ?), by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  • Miserere S 27 by Michel-Richard de Lalande
  • Miserere by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
  • Miserere by Charles-Hubert Gervais
  • Miserere (1726), by André Campra
  • Miserere, 1735 motet by French composer Joseph Michel
  • Miserere, (K. 85) 1770 motet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Miserere in B flat minor, 1809 by E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • "Miserere", from the 1853 opera Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
  • Miserere (Górecki), 1981 work by Henryk Górecki
  • Miserere (Pärt), 1989/1992 work by Arvo Pärt
  • Miserere, 2009 by James MacMillan

Albums and popular songs

• Miserere (album), by Zucchero, 1992, and its title song
• Miserere, an album by Bruno Pelletier, 1997
• "Miserere", a song by the Cat Empire from the 2005 album Two Shoes
• "Miserere", a song by Katherine Jenkins from the 2004 album Première
• "Miserere Mei", a song by Myriads from the 2002 album Introspection
• "Miserere", a song from the soundtrack of the 1986 film The Mission, by Ennio Morricone

Other uses

• Miserere (novel) [fr], a 2008 novel by Jean-Christophe Grangé
• The Mark of the Angels – Miserere, a 2013 French thriller film based on the novel
• Miserere, a 1948 suite of lithographs by Georges Rouault
• Plaza Miserere, a plaza in Buenos Aires, Argentina

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Miserere
• Kyrie (disambiguation)