Ave verum corpus (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #12762: PDF file available.

Editor: Dan Foster (submitted 2006-10-03).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 168 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: David Frazer. Original AATB, we perform SATB. Edited to place alto 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 discussion page for full description)

• CPDL #9195: MIDI and Noteworthy Composer files available

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30).   Score information: Letter   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

• CPDL #8508:

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2004-11-12).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 100 kbytes    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: For ATTB. Revised March 2008

• CPDL #2894:

Editor: Drew Collins (submitted 2001-07-31).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 56 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Previously hosted on external site. Uploaded to CPDL server 11-08-07.

• CPDL #89: Finale 1998

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-04-24).   Score information: 72 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Ave verum corpus
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), vol.2 no.5

Description: Processional hymn for Corpus Christi

External links:

• 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.