ࡱ>  Root Entry( JrbMatOSTbbMMMN0ND ( JrMicrosoft Works MSWorksWPDoc9qS55T3u.>>>>=/d>st>PTAVE VERUM CORPUS, K.618 W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) Jesus, The Son Of God Jesus, the Son of God, came to earth to save the world. Gods only Son was rebuked and despised. Though He healed the sick, forgave sins and showed Gods love, was tried, found guilty and condemmed to death. He was crucified, suffered hate and scorn. Yet He asked God to forgive our sins. Then He died, was burried in a tomb, but rose again after three days, now to live for evermore, glorified with God in heavn upon His throne. Evermore glorified with God in heavn upon His throne. Adrian Vermeulen-Miller Jezus, De Zoon Van God Jezus de Zoon van God, kwam om ons te redden. Gods eigen Zoon werd versmaad en gehoond. Zonden Hij vergaf, zieken Hij genas en bracht Gods liefde op deez aard voor iedereen. Toch werd Hij versmaad en veroordeelt tot Zijn kruis. Zelfs toen vroeg Hij voor vergeving voor ons. Jezus stierf voor ons en daalde neer in t graf, herrees de derde dag en leeft nu voor eeuwig, thuis bij God, hoog in de Hemel op Zijn eigen troon. Thuis bij God, hoog in de Hemel, op Zijn eigen troon. Adrian Vermeulen-Miller April of 1791, Leopold Hofmann, who was Kapellmeister at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, fell gravely ill. Mozart, who had never been an avid composer of sacred music, nonetheless saw an opportunity to enhance his income, and maneuvered to succeed Hofmann. Towards this end, he turned his attentions again to sacred music, culminating ultimately with his Requiem. (As it happens, Hofmann survived Mozart, and died in 1793.) Mozart set the Eucharistic hymn Ave verum corpus in June 1791. This setting was dedicated to his friend, Anton Stoll, who was chorus master of the parish church in Baden, and it was first performed in Baden at the Feast of Corpus Christi. It is possible that Mozart set this hymn, mindful of the Imperial ban on elaborate concerted music, or it is possible that he was working with the limitations of Stoll's choir. One way or another, his setting is remarkable for its compact simplicity. There are a mere forty-six bars of music, with orchestral writing that serves to provide introduction, transition, and ending, and double the choral parts. The choral setting is simplicity itself, with the choir mostly singing the same text at the same time. This direct approach would suited a reform-minded Austria where textual clarity and brevity were all-important in church music. Mozart's setting is far from pedestrian or undistinguished. (It actually isn't even complete; the text below includes the last two verses, which Mozart omitted from his setting.) There is an unusual modulation from D major to F major at the text, "whose side was pierced, whence flowed water and blood,", and the simplicity is the sort that Artur Schnabel famously described as too simple for children and too difficult for adults (after all, simple music like this exposes any lapses of rhythm, intonation, or ensemble). And the music seems to encompass a universe of feeling in forty-six short bars. Ave/verum/Corpus/natum/de/Maria/Virgine: Hail/true/Body/of/Mary/virgin Vere/passum/immolatum/in/cruce/pro/homine: truly/suffered/was sacrificed/on/cross/for mankind Cujus/latus/perforatum/unda/fluxit/et/sanguine: Whose/side/was pierced/from where/water/flowed and blood Esto/nobis/praegustatum/in/mortis/examine. be /for us/foretaste/in/of death/testing O Jesu dulcis, o Jesu oie, o Jesu Fili Mariae, miserere mei. Amen Hail, true Body, born of the virgin Mary, Who has truly suffered and was sacrificed on the cross for mankind, whose side was pierced, whence flowed water and blood, be for us a foretaste of heaven, during our final trial, o Jesu sweet, o Jesu merciful, o Jesus Son of Mary, have mercy on me. Amen 5E\\svz|6=yuoiuououoiuouococo$H J v 0suysosysysysyso 3579;=?ACEqaSIIIIIIII dd !! dd E\^v6Ic  seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee  dd HZ\vxz|~qqee[[M[[[[[[[ ! dd dd  .Ue}uuuui[[[[[[[[[[[[  dd dd.Oegqqqqqqee[[[[[[[[[ dd dd }n J ?Am'suuuuuuuuuii]]]]W dd dd ddsuu!"E su#$%&'()Times New Roman 35=/=/dCompObjU