Released in 1991

War - Non Nobis Solum

Written by Paul McCartney • Carl Davis

Last updated on January 6, 2022

Album This song officially appears on the Liverpool Oratorio Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1991

Master album

Liverpool Oratorio
By Paul McCartney

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“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.

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 • Live • L1
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 • Live • L1
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 6 concerts.

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Latest concerts where “War - Non Nobis Solum” has been played

Liverpool Oratorio
Jul 27, 2024 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
Liverpool Oratorio
Jul 21, 2024 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
Liverpool Oratorio
Jul 20, 2024 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
Liverpool Oratorio
Jul 18, 2024 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 29, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio

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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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