O sacrum convivium!
in quo Christus sumitur:
recolitur memoria passionis ejus:
mens impletur gratia,
et futurae gloriae
nobis pignus datur.
Text 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 Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "O sacrum convivium" [ 2 sopranos and bass voices and organ continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Andrea Gabrieli (c1533 - 1585), "O sacrum convivium" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962), "O sacrum convivium", first performed 1990 [ SATB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "O sacrum convivium", published 1582 [ SATTB chorus a cappella ], from Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992), "O sacrum convivium" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Tallis (c1505 - 1585), "O sacrum convivium", published 1575, from Cantiones Sacrae, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "O heilig gastmaal", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "O sacred banquet", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "O sacro convito", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 6
Word count: 20
O sacro convito,
in cui Cristo
è nostro cibo; si perpetua il memoriale della
sua passione, l'anima nostra è
colmata di grazia e ci è dato il pegno
della gloria futura.
