Ave verum, Op. 2, No. 1 (Edward Elgar)

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  • (Posted 2023-12-05)  CPDL #77856:           
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Editor: William Chimiak (submitted 2023-12-05).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 104 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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Editor: William Chimiak (submitted 2023-12-05).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 104 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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  • (Posted 2022-03-15)  CPDL #68428:       
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  • (Posted 2019-10-18)  CPDL #55641:       
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  • (Posted 2017-03-21)  CPDL #43686:  Network.png Zipped PDF and Audio
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On my website https://www.cafe-puccini.dk you will find a version with lyrics in English
  • (Posted 2016-03-10)  CPDL #38838:        (Sibelius 4)
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Edition notes: Alternative texts included in the score "Jesu, Word of God Incarnate" and "Jesu, Lamb of God, Redeemer". Re-registered as CPDL #12071 on 2006-07-21.
  • (Posted 1999-01-11)  CPDL #00116:        (Finale 1998)
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General Information

Title: Ave Verum, Op. 2, No. 1
Composer: Edward Elgar

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, with Soprano solo
Genre: SacredMotetEucharistic song

Language: Latin
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1933 in The Church Anthem Book, p. 9
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.