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Ave verum, CG 93
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
S,T · Barry Johnston
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Ave verum, CG 93 by Charles Gounod — Lyrics
Ave, verum corpus natum
de Maria Virgine:
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine:
cuius latus perforatum
fluxit aqua et sanguine:
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About Ave verum, CG 93
Gounod's Ave verum, CG 93, sets a sacred Latin text that meditates on the Eucharist. The words speak of the true body of Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary, who suffered and was sacrificed on the cross for humanity. The text continues to reflect on the blood and water that flowed from his pierced side, and it prays for Jesus' mercy in the hour of death. This setting for two voices, soprano and tenor, is a concise yet profound musical contemplation of these devotional themes, fitting for a motet.
