Ave Verum Corpus Top Pick

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Composer
Edward Elgar
Difficulty
Moderately Easy radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Lent Holy Week
Voicing(s)
Unison SATB
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano]
Category
Anthems Communion Anthems
Collections
Chorister Collection
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

For Unison/SATB Choir with keyboard - Part of our Chorister Collection, our series of masterworks that are adapted for use with children or even soloists!  Curated and edited by Thom Pavlechko. A beautiful setting of the latin text by Elgar.

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Lyrics

Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary, having truly suffered, sacrificed on the cross for mankind, from whose pierced side water and blood flowed: Be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet] in the trial of death!O clement, O loving, O sweet Jesus, son of Mary.