Pie Jesu

Pie Jesu is a motet that is a part of some composers' musical settings of the Requiem Mass. Those by Gabriel Fauré, Antonín Dvořák, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Luigi Cherubini, and Andrew Lloyd Webber include a Pie Jesu. It does not form part of the Ordinary of the Mass, and is not found in all composers' settings.

The words combine paraphrases of the final verse of the thirteenth-century poem Dies Irae and the seventh-century Agnus Dei:

Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Dona eis requiem sempiternam.

("O sweet Lord Jesus, grant them rest; grant them everlasting rest.")

The Pie Jesu from the Requiem by Lloyd Webber was originally performed by Sarah Brightman, who has performed it many times throughout her career; and has rerecorded the track for her Classics album in 2001. Charlotte Church has also recorded it on her best-selling debut album, Voice of an Angel. The Andrew Lloyd Webber version has also now been performed by Angelis, a group of young choir children.

Aled Jones performed the Pie Jesu from Rutter's Requiem on his album Aled. Fauré's setting has been recorded many times, both as part of complete recordings of his Requiem and as a separate movement.

The monks in Monty Python & the Holy Grail chant the words of the Pie Jesu.