Ave verum corpus (William Byrd)
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CPDL #12762: PDF file available.
- Editor: Dan Foster (added 2006-10-03). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 168 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Source: David Frazer. Reprinted SATB, placing altos in more familiar clef. Otherwise unaltered from Fraser as far as we know. Musica ficta matches our recently researched performances and recording.
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
- Editor: Brian Russell (added 2005-08-30). Score information: Letter Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: David Fraser (added 2004-11-12). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 113 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: For ATTB. Revised March 2008
- Editor: Drew Collins (submitted 2001-07-31). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 56 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Previously hosted on external site. Uploaded to CPDL server 11-08-07.
- CPDL #89: Finale-1998.
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (added 1999-04-24). Score information: 72 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Ave verum corpus
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), vol.2 no.5
Description: Processional hymn for Corpus Christi
- Performances:
live performance of this work by the dwsChorale
performance by Coro Nostro, a mixed chamber choir based in Leicester, UK.
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Ave verum corpus.
Byrd adds the following after the standard text:
- O dulcis, o pie,
- o Jesu, fili Mariae,
- miserere mei.
Which means:
- O sweet, O gentle,
- O Jesu, son of Mary,
- have mercy on me.