Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
Ave verum corpus | |
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Corpus Christi | |
Text | Ave verum corpus |
Language | Latin |
Composed | 17 June 1791 Baden bei Wien : |
Vocal | SATB chorus |
Instrumental |
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Ave verum corpus ("Hail, True Body"), (
History
Mozart composed the motet in 1791 in the middle of writing his opera
The motet was composed less than six months before Mozart's death.[2] It foreshadows "aspects of the Requiem such as declamatory gesture, textures, and integration of forward- and backward-looking stylistic elements".[4] While the Requiem is a dramatic composition, the motet expresses the Eucharistic thoughts with simple means, suited for the church choir in a small town.[2][5]
Franz Liszt made transcriptions of Mozart's motet for piano solo [Searle 461a] and for organ [Searle 674d], and also quoted Mozart in his fantasie piece Evocation à la Chapelle Sixtine [Searle 461], in versions for piano, organ, orchestra, and piano duet.[6] Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky incorporates an orchestration of Liszt's transcription in his fourth orchestral suite, Mozartiana, Op. 61, a tribute to Mozart's music.[7]
Melody
The beginning of the melody is as follows:
Recording
- On Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (Leonard Bernstein film), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Deutsche GrammophonCD 431-791-2 (1991) and DVD 00440-073-4240 (2006)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0198163398.
- ^ a b c "Ave Verum Corpus, K 618", Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 31 May 2018
- ISBN 9780393285789.
- ^ Wolff, Christoph (1998). Mozart's Requiem: Historical and Analytical Studies, Documents, Score. Translated by Mary Whittall. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 33.
- ^ Rusch, Abraham (14 March 2014). "Mozart's Communion: A Holistic Harmonic Analysis of Ave Verum Corpus". stolaf.edu. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2018.[verification needed]
- ^ Walker, Alan (1996). Franz Liszt: The Final Years 1861–1886. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. pp. 42–43.
- ISBN 9780393337570.
External links
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- Ave verum corpus KV 618: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Paged score synchronized with audio, Digital Mozart score Viewer (MoVi), Digital Mozart Edition
- Ave verum corpus, K. 618: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores of Ave verum corpus in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)