EVENING PRAYER

Evening Prayer: translation

(Evensong)

   Anglican conflation of the Roman Catholic divine offices of vespers and compline. Musical settings may include Magnificat, Cantate Domino (Psalm 98), Nunc Dimittis, and Deus Misereatur (Psalm 67) with English texts despite the Latin referents. The Alternative Services Series II (revised, 1971) provides alternative canticles.

   See also Anthem; Great Service; Morning Prayer; Short Service; Verse Service.