Ave verum, Op. 2, No. 1 (Edward Elgar)
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- Editor: Toby Wardman (added 2005-10-25). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 128 kbytes Copyright: Free
- Editor: Rod Mather (added 2002-05-25). Score information: Letter, 3 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Click on "Music Library" link, then "Anthems - Motets" to find score (listed alphabetically by title). Re-registered as CPDL #12071 on 2006-07-21.
- CPDL #116: Finale 1998
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (added 1999-01-11). Score information: 96 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Ave Verum, Op. 2, No. 1
Composer: Edward Elgar
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Soloists: S
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: Organ
Published:
Description: Originally written in 1887 (with Ave Maria and Ave Maris Stella) while Elgar was organist at St George's Church in Worcester as a setting of the Pie Jesu, in memory of William Allen, Worcester attorney for whom Elgar worked as a fifteen-year old. Elgar arranged and orchestrated it as a setting of Ave verum corpus for publication in 1902.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Ave verum corpus.