in nomine

/ -ˌniː; ɪn ˈnɒmɪˌneɪ /

noun

1. music any of several pieces of music of the 16th or 17th centuries for keyboard or for a consort of viols, based on a cantus firmus derived from the Vespers antiphon Gloria tibi Trinitas

Word History and Origins

Origin of in nomine¹

from Latin in nomine Jesu in the name of Jesus, the first words of an introit for which this type of music was originally composed

Example Sentences

Byrd’s fantasia “Two Parts in One” and complex setting of the “In Nomine” tune showcased that composer’s contrapuntal rigor, harmonic invention and melodic fancy.

From Washington Post

But instead of just associating notes with temperatures, she took it one step farther, deciding to ground her work in the baroque period by using a style of music called the In Nomine.

From The Verge

The short piece, In Nomine Terra Calens, translates to “In the Name of a Warming Earth.”

From The Verge

Savall did not shy away from the more problematic aspects of history, including the crusading ideology of troubadour Macabru’s “Pax! In nomine Domini.”

From Washington Post

Or there's the naked spirituality of Vesalii Icones – literally naked, that is, since the piece demands that a nude or nearly nude dancer takes the role of Christ and Antichrist; there's the instrumental ferocity of his early Five Piano Pieces or Trumpet Sonata; and the pre-postmodern parody of St Thomas Wake: Foxtrot for Orchestra, and the inspired historical fusion of his Second Taverner Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine.

From The Guardian