Caro mea a 8 (Giovanni Bassano)
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CPDL #27153: Sibelius 6
- Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2012-09-12). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 60 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Edited from facsimile of original Vincenti print. Alla quinta bassa according to chiavetti - though could also be performed alla quarta bassa.
General Information
Title: Caro mea a 8
Composer: Giovanni Bassano
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: ATBB.ATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Eucharistic song
Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1598
Description: No. 19 from "Motetti per Concerti Ecclesiastici."
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Caro mea vere est cibus,
et sanguis meus vere est potus.
Qui manducat meam carnem
et bibit meum sanguinem in me manet et ego in illo
English translation
Translation supplied by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt
My flesh is true food,
and my blood is true drink.
He who eats my flesh
and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him.
German translation
Mein Fleisch ist wahrhaft eine Speise
und mein Blut ist wahrhaft ein Trank.
Wer mein Fleisch ißt
und mein Blut trinkt, bleibt in mir und ich in ihm.