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Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mysterium, Sanguinisque pretiosi, Quem in mundi pretium Fructus ventris generosi, Rex effudit gentium. Nobis datus, nobis natus Ex intacta Virgine Et in mundo conversatus, Sparso verbi semine, Sui moras incolatus Miro clausit ordine. In supremae nocte cenae Recumbens cum fratribus, Observata lege plene Cibis in legalibus, Cibum turbae duodenae Se dat suis manibus Verbum caro, panem verum Verbo carnem efficit: Fitque sanguis Christi merum, Et si sensus deficit, Ad firmandum cor sincerum Sola fides sufficit. Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui: Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui: Praestet fides supplementum Sensuum defectui. Genitori, Genitoque Laus et iubilatio, Salus, honor, virtus quoque Sit et benedictio: Procedenti ab utroque Compar sit laudatio. Amen.
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• H. Berlioz • A. Bruckner • A. Bruckner • A. Bruckner • M. Déodat de Séverac • G. Fauré • L. Jadin • F. Schubert • F. Schubert • F. Schubert • F. Schubert • F. Schubert • F. SchubertH. Berlioz sets stanzas 5-6
F. Schubert sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
M. Dupré sets stanzas 5-6
M. Duruflé sets stanzas 5-6
C. Ett sets stanzas 5-6
F. Filitz sets stanzas 5-6
E. Rush sets stanzas 5-6
S. Webbe sets stanzas 5-6
W. Mozart sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
W. Mozart sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
E. Chausson sets stanzas 5-6
J. Haydn sets stanzas 5-6
G. Verdi sets stanzas 5-6
G. Fauré sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Fauré sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
M. de Lalande sets stanzas 5-6
A. Bruckner sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Donizetti sets stanzas 5-6
C. Franck sets stanzas 5-6
L. Vierne sets stanzas 5-6
A. Bruckner sets stanzas 1, 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
A. Bruckner sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
A. Bruckner sets stanzas 5-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
M. Déodat de Séverac sets stanzas 5-6
O. Campos sets stanzas 5-6
R. Herberigs sets stanzas 5-6
L. Jadin sets stanza 5
G. Uribe Holguín sets stanzas 5-6
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Text Authorship:
- by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274), "Pange lingua" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), "Tantum ergo", 1861-8, stanzas 5-6 [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Tantum ergo", WAB. 42 (1846), published 1893, rev. 1888, stanzas 5-6 [ SSATB chorus a cappella ], Innsbruck: Johann Gross [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Pange lingua", WAB. 31 (1843), rev. 1891, stanzas 1,5-6 [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Tantum ergo", WAB. 43 (1848/9), stanzas 5-6 [ chorus and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Tantum ergo", WAB. 44 (1854/5), stanzas 5-6 [ chorus, 2 violins, 2 trumpets, and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otávio Meneleu Campos (1872 - 1927), "Tantum ergo", stanzas 5-6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Tantum ergo", 1891, stanzas 5-6 [ voice, organ, violin, and harp ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie-Joseph-Alexandre Déodat de Séverac (1872 - 1921), "Tantum ergo", stanzas 5-6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Tantum ergo", stanzas 5-6, three versions - in F, D, and E-flat [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971), "Tantum ergo", op. 9 no. 2, stanzas 5-6 [ chorus ], from Quatre Motets, no. 2, motet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986), "Tantum ergo, Sacramentum", stanzas 5-6 [ chorus ], from Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, no. 4, motet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caspar Ett (d. 1847), "Tantum ergo", published 1840, stanzas 5-6, from Cantica sacra [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Tantum ergo", op. 55, stanzas 5-6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Tantum ergo", op. 65 no. 2, stanzas 5-6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Filitz (d. 1876), "Tantum ergo", published 1847, stanzas 5-6 [ chorus ], from Vierstimmiges Choralbuch [sung text not yet checked]
- by César Franck (1822 - 1890), "Tantum ergo", stanzas 5-6 [ bass, chorus, and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Tantum ergo", Hob. XXIII no. 23b, stanzas 5-6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Tantum ergo", 1927, stanzas 5-6 [ men's chorus in unison and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768 - 1853), "Tantum ergo", stanza 5 [ three-part chorus ], from Six motets, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Michel Richard de Lalande (1657 - 1726), "Tantum ergo", stanzas 5-6 [ chorus ], motet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Tantum ergo", K. 197, K. Anh. 186e, stanzas 5-6 [ SATB chorus and piano or instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Tantum ergo", K. 142, K. Anh. 186d, stanzas 5-6 [ SATB chorus and piano or instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Leonard Rush, C.S.B. , "Tantum ergo", stanzas 5-6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Tantum ergo", D 460 (1816), stanzas 5-6 [ soprano solo, SATB chorus, orchestra, and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Tantum ergo", D 461 (1816), stanzas 5-6 [ SATB quartet, SATB chorus, and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Tantum ergo", D 730 (1821), stanzas 5-6 [ SATB quartet, SATB chorus, orchestra, and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Tantum ergo", D 739 (1814), stanzas 5-6 [ SATB chorus, orchestra, and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Tantum ergo", D 750 (1822), stanzas 5-6 [ SATB chorus, orchestra, and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Tantum ergo", D 962 (1828), stanzas 5-6 [ SATB quartet, SATB chorus, and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Denise Tolkowsky (1918 - 1991), "Tantum ergo", 1937, published 1937 [ soprano, alto, organ ], Antwerpen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Delphine Ugalde (1829 - 1910), "Tantum ergo", 1889 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Guillermo Uribe Holguín (1880 - 1971), "Tamtum Ergo", op. 14 no. 2, stanzas 5-6 [ chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Tantum ergo", 1836, stanzas 5-6 [ tenor and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Tantum ergo", op. 2, stanzas 5-6 [ SATB chorus and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Webbe (1740 - 1815), "Tantum ergo", stanzas 5-6 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Pange, lingua - incl. Tantum ergo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edward Caswall) , "Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory"
- ENG English (Yaoyao Yuan) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chante, langue, du corps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Heinrich Bone) , "Preise, Zunge"
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Canta, oh lengua", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 114
You sing, O tongue, the mystery of the glorious body, And of the precious blood, Which the fruit of a noble womb, The king of the nations poured out Into the the world. Given for us, born for us From an untouched Virgin And having lived in the world, When the seed of the word was sown, He ended his dwelling In wondrous order. On the night of the last supper Reclining with his brothers, When the law was fully observed Through the correct foods, He gave of himself with his own hands As food to the twelve disciples The word and flesh Transforms true bread into flesh by the word. And the wine becomes the blood of Christ, And if senses fail, Faith alone suffices To strengthen a sincere heart. Therefore let us venerate so great a Sacrament, Bent down: And let the ancient covenant Yield to the new rite: Let faith provide a supplement for the deficiency of the senses. To the Father, and to the Son May there be Praise and rejoicing, Salvation, honor, power, And blessing: To the one proceeding from both May there be equal praise. Amen.
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Line count: 36
Word count: 192