William Byrd

“Ave verum corpus”, motet

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Motet for four voices (SATB). Published in 1605. In “Gradualia I”.

Latin Motets.
Gradualia: ac cantiones sacrae, liber primus (Gradualia I) (1605)
`Corpus Christi`

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Motet for four voices (SATB). Published in 1605. In “Gradualia I”.

Latin Motets.
Gradualia: ac cantiones sacrae, liber primus (Gradualia I) (1605)
`Corpus Christi`

Original text

Ave, verum corpus natum
de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine,
cuius latus perforatum
unda fluxit et sanguine:
esto nobis praegustatum
in mortis examine.
O dulcis, o pie,
o Jesu, Fili Mariae,
miserere mei.

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