War - Non Nobis Solum

Written by Paul McCartneyCarl Davis

Album This song officially appears on the Liverpool Oratorio Official album.
Timeline This song has been officially released in 1991

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Song facts

Non Nobis Solum” is the second track of the first movement – entitled “War” – of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, released in 1991.

I: WAR. 1942. A world at war. Sirens sound as bombs fall over Liverpool and despairing couples shelter underground. Amid the blaze and the chaos of an air raid, a child is born. And there is hope.

“Liverpool Oratorio” liner notes

Non Nobis Solum Sed Toti Mundo Nati” (which can be translated into “Not for ourselves but for the whole world were we born“) was the Latin motto of the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, where Paul McCartney (along with George Harrison) studied in the second half of the 1950s.

Last updated on January 6, 2022

Lyrics

BOY SOLO
Non nobis solum
Sed toti mundo nati,
Toti mundo nati.

BOYS' CHOIR
Non nobis solum
Sed toti mundo nati.

CHORUS
(Ah), Ah

Officially appears on


Liverpool Oratorio

Official album • Released in 1991

2:35 • LiveL1

Paul McCartney :
Executive producer
Eddie Klein :
Additional engineer
John Timperley :
Balance engineer
Carl Davis :
Orchestra conductor
Peter Mew :
Additional engineer, Editor
John Fraser :
Producer
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
Orchestra
Nic Raine :
Assistant to carl davis
Martin Astle :
Additional engineer
Tom Leader :
Additional engineer, Editor
Jeremy Budd :
Boy soloist
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir :
Choir
Choristers of Liverpool Cathedral :
Choir
Ian Tracey :
Chorus master and master of the choriste

Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991


Selections from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio

Official album • Released in 1992

2:35 • LiveL1

Paul McCartney :
Executive producer
Eddie Klein :
Additional engineer
John Timperley :
Balance engineer
Carl Davis :
Orchestra conductor
Peter Mew :
Additional engineer, Editor
John Fraser :
Producer
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
Orchestra
Nic Raine :
Assistant to carl davis
Martin Astle :
Additional engineer
Tom Leader :
Additional engineer, Editor
Jeremy Budd :
Boy soloist
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir :
Choir
Choristers of Liverpool Cathedral :
Choir
Ian Tracey :
Chorus master and master of the choriste

Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991

Live performances

“War - Non Nobis Solum” has been played in 2 concerts.

Latest concerts where War - Non Nobis Solum has been played



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Roger A Milroy 2 years ago

"non nobis solum, sed toti mundo nati" was the motto of Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, wher Paul McCartney and George Harrison studied in the second half of the 1950´s


The PaulMcCartney Project 2 years ago

Thank you, Roger. I didn't know that ! I've enriched the page with that information.


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