Seven Last Words of Christ

The Seven Last Words of Christ or Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross are a traditional collection of short phrases uttered by Jesus at his crucifixion immediately before he died, gathered from the four Gospels.

Many composers have set this text to music; here is an incomplete list, with links to works available on CPDL:

• Maria plena virtute (early 16c?) by Robert Fayrfax
• Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz, SWV 478 (1645), by Heinrich Schütz
• Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (1787) by Joseph Haydn
• Le sette ultime parole di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (1838), an oratorio by Saverio Mercadante
• Les Sept paroles de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ sur la croix, CG 147, for chorus (1855), by Charles Gounod
• Les sept paroles du Christ en croix (1859), by César Franck
• Les sept paroles du Christ (1867), by Théodore Dubois
• As sete palavras de N. S. Jesus Christo na Cruz, by José Alexandrino de Sousa
• Septem verba Christi in cruce (2021), by Michael J. Drake, Jr.
• Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993), cantata for choir and strings by James MacMillan

External links

• Sayings of Jesus on the cross on Wikipedia
• Musical settings of The Seven Last Words of Christ on Wikipedia