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Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine: Vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine: Cuius latus perforatum, unda fluxit sanguine: Esto nobis prægustatum [in mortis examine]1. [O Jesu dulcis, o Jesu pie, O Jesu Fili Dei et Mariæ.]2
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: the text is often attributed to Pope Innocent VI (?-1362)
1 Elgar, Josquin: "Mortis in examine"
2 omitted by Mozart; Byrd: "O dulcis, O pie, O Jesu, Fili Mariæ, miserere mei. Amen"; Elgar: "O clemens, o pie, o dulcis Jesu, Fili Mariæ"; Josquin: "O dulcis, O pie, O Jesu Fili Virginis Mariæ"
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Ave verum corpus", 2012. [low voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "Ave verum corpus" [text verified 1 time]
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Ave verum corpus" [text verified 1 time]
- by Ferenc Farkas (1905 - 2000), "Ave verum", 1933 [voice, violin ad libitum, and organ], A.F. Publishing [text not verified]
- by Kaj Erik Gustafsson (b. 1942), "Ave, verum corpus", 1990. [chorus] [text verified 1 time]
- by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910 - 1998), "Ave verum corpus" [SATB chorus and organ] [text not verified]
- by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Ave verum corpus, natum" [three-part chorus] [text verified 1 time]
- by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "Ave verum corpus", 1901. [vocal trio with organ ad libitum] [text not verified]
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Ave verum corpus", K. 618 (1791) [ chorus, strings, and organ], motet [text verified 1 time]
- by Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (1844 - 1906), "Ave verum corpus", 1903, first performed 1904. [alto, cello, harp, and organ] [text not verified]
- by Jaroslav Stastny-Pokorny (b. 1952), as Peter Graham, "Ave Verum Corpus" [soprano, clarinet and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edward Francis Garesché) , title 1: "Hail, true Body, truly born of the Virgin Mary mild"
- FRE French (Français) (Ton Rooijmans) , title 1: "Nous vous saluons, vrai corps du Christ"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 38
Gegroet, werkelijk lichaam1, Geboren uit de Maagd Maria. Gij hebt echt geleden, bent geofferd Op het kruis voor de mens. Uit uw doorboorde zijde Vloeide water en bloed. Wees ons tot voorsmaak2 In de beproeving van de dood. O goede Jezus, o trouwe Jezus, O Jezus, zoon van Maria!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Verwijzing naar het katholieke dogma dat Christus onder de gedaante van brood werkelijk in de Eucharistie aanwezig is.
2 Verwijzing naar de katholieke opvatting, volgens welke het Heilig Brood een voorsmaak geeft van de hemel.
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- Translation from Latin to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2014 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 49