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Ave Verum Corpus

A motet for chorus, strings, and organ

Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Date of Composition: 1791

K. 618

     Ave verum corpus natum
     de Maria Virgine;
     vere passum immolatum
     in cruce pro homine,
     cuius latus perforatum
     unda fluxit sanguine;
     esto nobis praegustatum
     in mortis examine.
Initially input by: Charles E. Carroll, ccarroll@students.wisc.edu