Ave verum / Sei gegrüßt, wahrer Leib / Hail, true body
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) [ France ]
Edition
Published by
Helbling Musikverlag KG
[Austria]
; in Romantik A Cappella Band 2 : Geistliche Gesänge
(496 p.)
Ref. :
C8240
(2 p.)
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
Latin
+ adapted in
German
; English
Epoque:
19th century
(1850-1899)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Motet ; Romantic
Mood of the piece:
collected
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
E flat major
Duration:
2.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Corpus Christi ; Passion
Number of verses:
2
Source of text:
Latin lyrics: Eucharistic hymn (14th century),attributed to Pope Innocent VI. (~1282–1362) ; German translation: Johann Baptist Mayer (1803–1892) ; English translation: Edward Caswall (1814–1878)
