Ave verum Corpus Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's setting of the ancient hymn Ave verum Corpus, K;.618, was written for Anton Stoll (a friend of his and Haydn's) who was musical co-ordinator in the parish of Baden, near Vienna. It was composed to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi and the autograph is dated 17 June 1791. It is only forty-six bars long and is scored for chorus, strings and organ.He composed this motet whilst in the middle of writing his opera, Die Zauberflöte, and while visiting his wife, Constanze, who was pregnant with their sixth child and staying in a spa near Baden.
There are many other settings, of which probably the best known are by William Byrd and Edward Elgar.
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