Ave Verum Corpus

Submitted by Rick.Wheeler on Fri, 2011/02/11 - 11:47am
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_verum_corpus_(Mozart)

Composition Date: 
17 June 1791
Composer: 
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Arrangers / Editors: 
Wheeler, Richard W. (1967- )
Proper Liturgical Usage: 
For the Offertory
For the Communion of the Faithful
Proper Liturgical Time: 
The Full Year
Proper Liturgical Day: 
Any
Votive: 
F
Performance Time: 
3 min
Composition Type: 
Hymn
Texture: 
Polyphonic
Voices: 
SATB
Language: 
Latin
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Musical Style: 
Classical

Parts

Soprano
Ave Verum Corpus: Soprano
Alto
Ave Verum Corpus: Alto
Tenor
Ave Verum Corpus: Tenor
Bass
Ave Verum Corpus: Bass
Lyrics: 

Ave verum corpus, natum  de Maria Virgine,  vere passum, immolatum  in cruce pro homine,  cuius latus perforatum  fluxit aqua et sanguine:  esto nobis praegustatum  in mortis examine.

Translated Lyrics: 

Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, who having truly suffered, was sacrificed on the cross for mankind, whose pierced side flowed with water and blood: May it be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet] in the trial of death.