Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) by Samuel Barber.

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9. So lovely... so beautiful... so sad... thanx SO MUCH for sharing!

And btw, he was gay, you know... 2X Pulitzer Prize winner for music, he eventually suffered from depression and alcoholism after his later works met with adverse criticism... he died of cancer at age 71.

*Many do not know that Barber himself arranged his Adagio for Strings for vocal choir (1967) under the title “Agnus Dei” (text from the Latin Mass: Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us; grant us peace). This composition, in both instrumental and vocal forms, is often performed during state funerals (Franklin Roosevelt, Princess Grace of Monaco, Albert Einstein, etc.). Many first heard it when used in the soundtrack for the film “Platoon.”

He shared a house with his lover Menotti for over 40 years. Of course, they couldn't get married, just like today. But they named their house Capricorn, which I think is kinda neat.

I wonder if the depression and the alcoholism had anything to do with society's mad intolerance for human diversity?

This is the sort of person the Catholic Church has no tolerance for. The man who wrote the holiest music I've ever heard.