Ave Verum Corpus (K. 618) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Video Information
- Choir: Musicalibera Choir & Orchestra
- Piece: Ave Verum Corpus
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor: Brandon Attard
- Voices: SATB
- Genres: Classical
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Ave Verum Corpus (K. 618) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Recorded live by Musicalibera Choir & Orchestra on May 20th 2016 at the St. Francis Church, Valletta, Malta.
Choir & Orchestra under the baton of Brandon Attard
Orche... moreAve Verum Corpus (K. 618) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Recorded live by Musicalibera Choir & Orchestra on May 20th 2016 at the St. Francis Church, Valletta, Malta.
Choir & Orchestra under the baton of Brandon Attard
Orchestra Leader: Marcelline Agius
Ave verum corpus (Hail, true body) is a motet in D major (K. 618), composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is a setting of the 14th century Eucharistic hymn in Latin "Ave verum corpus" in 1791. Mozart wrote it for Anton Stoll, a friend of Mozart and Joseph Haydn. Stoll was the musical coordinator in the parish of Baden bei Wien, near Vienna. This setting of the Ave verum corpus text was composed to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi; the autograph is dated 17 June 1791. It is only forty-six bars long and is scored for SATB choir, string instruments, and organ. Mozart's manuscript contains minimal directions, with only a single sotto voce at the beginning. less