Ave Verum Corpus Top Pick

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Composer
W.A. Mozart
Difficulty
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Season
Lent
Voicing(s)
Unison SATB
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano]
Category
Anthems
Collections
Chorister Collection
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

For SATB or Unison Choir with Organ - the famous motet by Mozart that should be a staple of every church's repertoire.  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.

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 sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus, O Jesus, son of Mary, have mercy on me. Amen.