Ave verum corpus
"Ave verum corpus (Hail, true body), (K. 618), is a motet in D major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791. It is a setting of the Latin hymn Ave verum corpus. Mozart wrote it for Anton Stoll, a friend who was the church musician of St. Stephan in Baden bei Wien. The motet was composed for the feast Corpus Christi; the autograph is dated 17 June 1791. It is scored for SATB choir, string instruments and organ." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_verum_corpus_(Mozart)
Here you see the first page of the autograph. It's exposed in St. Stephan in Baden, and I think it's a copy.
Everybody who has ever sung in a church choir knows these notes, at least the ones of his or her voice type (I am a bass).
Here you can hear a version with Leonard Bernstein as a conductor: Strg or Ctrl + www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUDs8KJc_c
This great American conductor's and composer's 100th birthday was commemorated some days ago. This is a somewhat late homage.
Ave verum corpus
"Ave verum corpus (Hail, true body), (K. 618), is a motet in D major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791. It is a setting of the Latin hymn Ave verum corpus. Mozart wrote it for Anton Stoll, a friend who was the church musician of St. Stephan in Baden bei Wien. The motet was composed for the feast Corpus Christi; the autograph is dated 17 June 1791. It is scored for SATB choir, string instruments and organ." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_verum_corpus_(Mozart)
Here you see the first page of the autograph. It's exposed in St. Stephan in Baden, and I think it's a copy.
Everybody who has ever sung in a church choir knows these notes, at least the ones of his or her voice type (I am a bass).
Here you can hear a version with Leonard Bernstein as a conductor: Strg or Ctrl + www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUDs8KJc_c
This great American conductor's and composer's 100th birthday was commemorated some days ago. This is a somewhat late homage.