Seven Last Words of Christ
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The Seven Last Words of Christ or Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross are a traditional collection of short phrases uttered by Jesus at his crucifixion immediately before he died, gathered from the four Gospels.
Many composers have set this text to music; here is an incomplete list, with links to works available on CPDL:
- Maria plena virtute (early 16c?) by Robert Fayrfax
- Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz, SWV 478 (1645), by Heinrich Schütz
- Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (1787) by Joseph Haydn
- Le sette ultime parole di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (1838), an oratorio by Saverio Mercadante
- Les Sept paroles de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ sur la croix, CG 147, for chorus (1855), by Charles Gounod
- Les sept paroles du Christ en croix (1859), by César Franck
- Les sept paroles du Christ (1867), by Théodore Dubois
- As sete palavras de N. S. Jesus Christo na Cruz, by José Alexandrino de Sousa
- Septem verba Christi in cruce (2021), by Michael J. Drake, Jr.
- Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993), cantata for choir and strings by James MacMillan
External links
- Sayings of Jesus on the cross on Wikipedia
- Musical settings of The Seven Last Words of Christ on Wikipedia
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